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CITY OF SOMERVILLE
ANNUAL REPORTS
1894
BOSTON:
A. L. WiNSHip & Co., Printers.
1895.
CITY GOVERNMENT AND OFFICERS FOR 1894.
MAYOR.
WILLIAM H. HODGKINS,
188 Central street.
BOARD OF ALDERMEN.
John Andrews, President,
Isaiah H. Wiley
Lewis Stockbridge
Franklin J. Ha:\iblin
Fred W. Gilbert
WARD ONE.
ward two.
54 Mt. Vernon street
. 33 Pinckney street
30 Walnut street
lOJ. School street
John Andrews
Calvin H. Whitney
WARD three.
34 Albion street
68 Gilbert street
Franklin F. Phillips
Edmund S. Sparrow
ward four.
211 Holland street
18 Meacham street
CLERK.
George I. Vincent
ANNUAL REPORTS.
COMMON COUNCIL.
Frank W. Kaan, President.
WARD ONE.
Wilfred B. Rich
Albert C. Fairbanks
L. Herbert Huntley
JosiAH N. Pratt
13 Franklin street
10 Union street
1 Pearl street
33 Franklin street
ward two.
George B. Clarke .
Arthur W. Haynes
Frank W. Kaan
Frederick W. Parker
31 Berkeley street
11 Parker street
12 Pleasant avenue
65 Boston street
ward three.
Leonard B. Chandler
G. Franklin Wilkins
George H. Russ
Herbert L. Clark
45 Jaques street
98 Central street
. 28 Montrose street
124 Sycamore street
ward four.
Frederick A. P. Fiske
Benjamin J. Downs
William H. Berry .
G. Leslie Nichols .
52 Cherry street
5 Clare mon street
75 Harris street
20 Chapel street
CLERK.
Charles S. Robertson.
CITY GOVERXMEXT AND OFFICERS FOR 1894. 5
JOINT STANDING COMMITTEES OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
Accounts. — Aldermen Stockbridge, Phillips ; Councilmen Clarke
(Ward 2), Nichols, Pratt.
City Engineering. — Aldermen Gilbert, Phillips ; Councilmen
Downs, Chandler, Fairbanks.
Claims. — His Honor the Mayor ; Alderman Hamblin ; the Presi-
dent of the Common Council ; Councilmen Rich, Fiske.
Finance. — His Honor the Mayor; Aldermen PhiUips, Stock-
bridge ; the President of the Common Council ; Councilmen Fiske,
Rich, Nichols, Clark (Ward 3).
Fire Department. — Aldermen Hamblin, Wiley; Councilmen
Wilkins, Huntley, Berry.
Fuel and Street Lights. — Aldermen Wiley, Gilbert; Council-
men Haynes, Chandler, Berry.
Highways. — Aldermen Gilbert, Whitney; Councilmen Clarke
(Ward 2), Downs, Fairbanks.
Legislative Matters. — His Honor the Mayor ; Alderman Whit-
ney; the President of the Common Council; Councilmen Russ,
Nichols.
Ordinances. — Aldermen Phillips, Hamblin ; Councilmen Russ,
Fiske, Rich.
Printing. — Aldermen Whitney, Stockbridge ; Councilmen Clark
(Ward 3), Fairbanks, Parker.
Public Grounds. — Aldermen Sparrow, Whitney ; Councilmen
Chandler, Haynes, Huntley.
Public Property. — Aldermen Andrews, Sparrow; Councilmen
Russ, Pratt, Parker.
Soldiers' Relief. — Aldermen Andrews, Wiley; Councilmen
Clarke (Ward 2), Berry, Huntley.
Water. — Aldermen Sparrow, Stockbridge; the President of the
Common Council ; Councilmen Downs, Wilkins.
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
STANDING COMMITTEES OF THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN.
Elec'J'IONs. — Aldermen Wiley, Andrews, Hamblin.
Enrolled Ordinances. — Aldermen Sparrow, Gilbert, Andrews.
Licenses. — Aldermen Stockbridge, Gilbert, Sparrow.
Police. — His Honor the Mayor; Aldermen Andrews, Wiley.
Sewers. — Aldermen Phillips, Hamblin, Andrews.
State Aid.- — Aldermen Wiley, Gilbert, Whitney, Phillips.
Special Building Permits. — Aldermen Gilbert, Hamblin.
STANDING COMMITTEES OF THE COMMON COUNCIL.
Elections and Returns. — Councilmen Pratt, Parker, Clark
(Ward 3).
Enrolled Ordinances and Resolutions. — Councilmen Haynes,
Nichols, Wilkins.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
William H. Hodgkins, Mayor, Chairman, ex officio.
Frank W. Kaan, President of the Common Council, ex officio.
(Term, three years.)
WARD one.
S. Newton Cutler (elected 1891).
Sanford Hanscom, M. D. (elected 1893).
George S. Poole (elected 1892).
CITY GOVERNMENT AND OFFICERS FOR 1894.
WARD IWO.
Thomas M. Durell, M. D. (elected 1893),
Alvah B. Dearborn, M. D. (elected 1891)
Herbert A. Chapin (elected 1892).
WARD THREE.
NoR^iAN W. Bingham (elected 1891).
QuiNCY E. DicKERMAN (elected 1892).
Thomas S. Wentworth (elected 1893).
WARD FOUR.
Giles W. Bryant, M. D. (elected 1892).
Martin W. Carr (elected 1893).
Benjamin G. Brown (elected 1891).
Gordon A. Southworth, Superintende7it and Secretary.
ASSESSORS.
(Term, three years.)
Benjamin F. Thompson, Chaii-man (term expires 1896;
Sa.aiuel T. Richards (term expires 1895).
Nathan H. Reed (term expires 1897).
Clerk of Assessors, Albert B. Tales.
ASSISTANT ASSESSORS.
(Term, one year.)
^^'ARD ONE.
Fred. B. Clapp.
WARD TWO.
Charles C. Farrington.
annual reports.
ward three.
Edgar T. Mayhew.
WARD four.
Harry A True.
BOARD OF HEALTH.
(Term: City Physician, three years ; other members, two years.)
Thomas M. Durell, M. D., Chairman (term expires 1895).
Alvah B. Dearborn, M. D., City Physician (term expires 1895).
Alvano T. Nickerson (term expires 1896).
Clerk ^ William P. Mitchell.
Inspector, Caleb A. Page.
OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
Office, Police Building, Bow street.
Williaim H. Hodgkins, Mayor, Chahmaii, ex officio.
(Term, four years.)
Edward B. West (term expires 1895).
James G. Hinckley (term expires 1896).
Albert W. Edmands (term expires 1897).
Herbert E. Merrill (term expires 1898).
Agent, Charles C. Folsom.
Secretary, Cora F. Lewis.
CUT GOVERNMENT AND OFFICERS FOR 1894.
SOMERVILLE MYSTIC WATER BOARD.
Office, Prospect street, corner Somerviile avenue.
(Term, three years.)
George D. Wemvss, Preside7it (term expires 1897).
5 Austin street.
George A. Kimball (term expires 1895).
5 Munroe street.
William Franklin Hall (term expires 1896).
345 Broadway.
Nathaniel Dennett, Supt. Water Works.
Fr-\nk E. Merrill, Clerk.
REGISTRARS OF VOTERS.
(Term : City Clerk, one year ; other members, three years.)
Cromwell G. Rowell, Chairman (term expires 1897).
Charles P. Lincoln (term expires 1895).
Charles E. Parks (term expires 1896).
George I. Vincent, City Clerk.
TRUSTEES OF THE PUBLIC LIBRARY.
(Term, three years.)
Charles S. Lesxoln, Chairtnan (term expires 1897).
Charles A. West (term expires 1895).
10 ANNUM. REPORTS.
James E. Whitaker (term expires 1896).
John B. Viall (term expires 1896).
J. Henry Flitner (term expires 1895).
Christopher E. Rymes (term expires 1897)
Elijah C. Clark (term expires 1897).
Charles H. Brown (term expires 1897).
J. Frank Wellington (term expires 1896).
John S. Hayes, Secretary and Librarian.
CITY CLERK AND CLERK OF BOARD, OF ALDERMEN.
George I. Vincent.
CITY TREASURER AND COLLECTOR OF TAXES.
John F. Cole.
MESSENGER TO CITY COUNCIL.
Jairus Mann.
CITY SOLICITOR.
Selwyn Z. Bowiman.
CITY AUDITOR.
Charles S. Robertson.
CITY GOVERXMEXl AXD OFFICERS FOR 1804. 11
CITY ENGINEER.
HoR-iCE L. Eatox.
SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS.
Thomas H. Ea.mes.
INSPECTOR OF BUILDINGS AND SUPERINTENDENT OF
PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
Thomas R. Roulstone.
CHIEF OF POLICE.
Melmlle C. Parkhurst.
CHIEF ENGINEER OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Tames R. Hopkins.
SUPERINTENDENT OF ELECTRIC LINES AND LIGHTS.
Leightox W. ^NIaxxixg.
CITY PHYSICIAN.
Alvah B. Dearborn, M. D.
INSPECTOR OF MILK AND VINEGAR.
Tho^ias Cuxnixgham.
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS AND PROVISIONS.
Thomas Cunningham.
CLERK OF COMMITTEES.
WiLLiA]\i P. Mitchell.
CLERK OF ASSESSORS.
Albert B. Fales.
Suitable Persons to Cause to be Properly Interred the Bodies of Hon-
orably Discharged Soldiers, Sailors, and Marines,
Under Chapter 395, Acts of 1889.
Jesse J. Underhill.
James F. Davlin.
Jairus Mann.
Robert R. Perry.
Charles C. Folsom.
Edward McGarr.
CONSTABLES.
William D. Hayden.
Joseph J. Giles.
Dennis Kelley.
Charles L. Ellis.
Christopher C. Cavanagh.
Eugene A. Carter.
Patrick J. Garvin.
Clarence Tucker.
George H. Carleton.
Joseph W. Currant.
FIELD DRIVERS.
Christopher C. Cavanagh.
George H. Carleton.
John E. Fuller.
Jacob W. Skinner.
Charles S. Thrasher.
George W. Bean.
John G. Knight.
Theodore E. Heron.
CITY GOVERNMENT AND OFFICERS FOR 1894. 13
FENCE VIEWERS.
Lambert M. xMaynard. Ammiel Colman.
POUND KEEPER.
(Office vacant.)
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.
Ammiel Colman, 34 Marshall street.
MEASURER OF WOOD AND BARK.
Samuel T, Liitlefield.
MEASURER OF GRAIN.
John Craig.
PUBLIC WEIGHER IN CHARGE OF CITY SCALES, UNION
SQUARE.
Fulton O'Brion.
WEIGHERS OF COAL.
John Craig. D. Warner Danfortk.
George K. Walcott. Thaddeus Harrington.
Charles H. Tucker. Clinton E. Somes.
George E. Slack. Edward L. Dunning.
George E. Xewcomb. William I. Newcomb.
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ANNUAL REPOR'IS.
WEIGHERS OF BEEF.
D. Warner Dankorth.
Charles H. Tucker.
Frederick A. CiEiUNc.
C I -ARENCE E 1 )\VAR1 )S.
Thaddeus Harrincton.
Geor(;e K. Walcott.
George E. Slack.
Clinton E. Somes.
POLICE DEPARTMENT.
Melville C. Parkhurst, Chief.
Robert R. Perry, Captain.
Chris. C. Cavanagh, Sergeant.
Eugene A. Carter, Sergeant.
John E. Fuller.
Albion L. Staples.
JuDSON W. Oliver.
George W. Bean.
George L. Smith.
Edward M. Carter.
John F. Johnson.
Edward E. Ha^niblen.
Charles E. Wood:\ian.
Arthur E. Keating.
Stephen S. Smith.
Eugene H. Ga.mmon.
Ir-a. S. Carlton.
Charles W. Stevens.
Ulysses G. Skinner.
James J. Pollard.
Melville C. Parkhurst,
Edward McGarr, Sergeant.
Dennis Kelley, Sergeant.
Phineas W. Skinner.
Samuel A. Brown.
John Hafford.
George A. Bodge.
George H. Carleton.
Hubert H. Miller.
Francis A. Perkins.
Charles S. Thrasher.
William H. Johnston.
John G. Knight.
Theodore E. Heron.
Jacob W. Skinner.
David A. Bolton.
James M. Harmon.
Michael T. Kennedy.
Ezra A. Dodge.
Daniel G. Simons.
Lockup Keeper.
MAYOR'S INAUGURAL ADDRESSES.
CITY OF SOMERVILLE.
In Convention of the City Council, \
January i, 1S94. j
Resolved : That His Honor the Mayor, be, and he is hereby requested
to furnish the Committee on Printing with a copy of his inaugural address for
publication.
Read twice and adopted.
GEORGE I. VINCENT, Clerk.
In Convention of the City Council, \
January 7, 1895. /
Resolved : That His Honor the Mayor, be, and he is hereby requested
to furnish the Committee on Printing with a copy of his inaugural address for
publication.
Read twice and adopted.
GEORGE I. VINCENT, Clerk.
INAUGURAL ADDRESS
DELIVERED BY
Hon. WILLIAM H. HODGKINS,
JANUARY I, 1894.
Gentlemen of the City Council : —
It is a cause of congratulation that we enter upon our public
duties upon the first day of the New Year. I cordially greet you,
with the sincere wish that it may be to each of us a " Happy New
Year." The past has carried its record to the Judge of all the earth,
and as our feet touch the boundary of another year, we have suppli-
cated His blessing to rest upon us and direct all our actions.
In accordance with the terms of the city charter we have sub-
scribed to the oath of ofifice, and have called Almighty God to wit-
ness that we will faithfully perform the duties which our fellow-citi-
zens have elected us to discharge.
Appearing for the third time in compliance with the expressed
wishes of my fellow-citizens to assume the obligations and responsi-
bilities of this high office, I desire to return my sincere thanks for
the honor conferred upon me, and for the warm and generous
appreciation of my humble efforts to conduct public affairs for the
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best interest of the city. I accept it, also, as an endorsement of the
views I have expressed as to the general policy to be pursued with
reference to the welfare of Somerville in all that will tend to develop
municipal prosperity and a lofty public spirit. With each succeed-
ing year the burden of responsibility is more weighty ; and I approach
this year's duty feeling more than ever my own weakness, yet relying
upon the promise of strength and wisdom from our Father in Heaven,
who will never forsake or suffer to be misguided any who put their
trust in Him.
FINANCES.
The funded debt of the city January 1st, 1893, was as follows : —
Funded Debt, City Loan .... $676,000
Funded Debt, Sewer Loan
Funded Debt, Paving Loan
Funded Debt, Water Loan
Total Funded Debt
43,000
100,000
375,500
$1,194,500
The debt was increased during the year by appropriations made
by the City Council as follows : —
Estate of the First Congregational
Society, Central Hill . . $45,000
Fire Department, steam fire engine . 3,000
Fire Department, land on Highland
avenue ..... 3,000
Highways, paving Washington street . 24,000
Nathan Tufts Park .... 10,000
Schoolhouse (Glines) in Ward Three 1,500
Schoolhouse in Ward Four, south side
of Fitchburg R. R. . . . 15,000
Schoolhouse, English High . . 80,000
Schoolhouse, Edgerly addition . . 3,500
Schoolhouse, Bingham addition. . 10,000
Sewers, construction . . . . 10,000
Renewals of Funded Debt . . 17,000
Total amount of increase
$222,000
mayor's inaugural address of 1894. 19
The debt was reduced during the year by payments as follows : —
Funded Debt, City Loan . . . S115,000
Funded Debt, Paving Loan . . 5,000
Funded Debt, Water Loan . . 17,000
Total amount of reduction . $137,000
Leaving the Funded Debt of the city January
1st, 1894 . • 81,279,500
(An increase of $85,000 over the previous year) classified as fol-
lows : —
City Loan Bonds bearing interest at 4 per cent. $351,000
" '< '' " '' " 4J percent. 257,000
u ci u u u li 5 a 165,000
" " Paving Bonds bearing interest at 4
per cent. ....... 95,000
City Loan Sewer Bonds bearing interest at 4J
per cent 18,000
City Loan Sewer Bonds bearing interest at 5
per cent 35,000
Water Loan Bonds bearing interest at 4 per cent. 254,000
" " " " '• '' 5 " 94,500
u a u u u cc 5^ « 10,000
Total Funded Debt January 1st, 1894 . 81,279,500
The above represents the net indebtedness of the city, the un-
funded liabilities, for temporary loans, etc., being equalled by its
assets, which consist of uncollected taxes, sewer and sidewalk
assessments, etc.
To provide for the payment of the current expenses, State and
County taxes and debt requirements for the past year, the annual tax
levy was made as follows : —
Real estate, valuation ..... 838,538,700
Personal property, valuation . . . 3,334,900
Total valuation 841,873,600
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A rate of $15.50 on $1,000 valuation, with
13,423 polls at $2 each, gives the total
amount of the tax levy .
$675,886.80
The appropriations provided for by
Fire Department
Police ....
PoHce Station Incidentals .
Health Department .
Highways
Indigent Soldiers and Sailors
Interest ....
Miscellaneous .
Public Grounds
Public Library
Printing and Stationery
Reduction of Funded Debt
Relief and Burial of Indigent
Soldiers and Sailors .
Salaries ....
School Contingent, Janitors' Sal-
aries
School Contingent .
School Fuel
Schoolhouse Incidentals .
School Teachers' Salaries .
Sewers, Maintenance
Sidewalks
Street Lights .
Support of Poor
Watering Streets
the tax levy were as follows
$ 41,000.00
25,000.00
3,500.00
12,000.00
60,000.00
500.00
55,000.00
7,000.00
7,500.00
5,500.00
6,000.00
75,000.00
3,500.00
34,000.00
10,000.00
16,000.00
8,000.00
12,000.00
125,000.00
7,000.00
10,000.00
42,000.00
14,000,00
6,000.00
For current exjoenses ....
State of Massachusetts, State tax .
State of Massachusetts, Metropolitan Sewer
assessment ......
Amount carried forward
$585,500.00
39,225.00
7,996.50
S632,721.50
mayor's inaugural address of 1894. 21
Amount brought forward . . . §632,721.50
State of Massachusetts, Non-resident bank
stock 819.95
County of Middlesex, County tax . . 32,029.82
Overlay and Abatement, for the sum added
for fractional divisions and abatements . 10,315.53
Total amount of appropriations provided
for by the tax levy .... 8675,886.80
In addition to the above, the following appropriations were made
from the various income accounts, viz. : —
Police, the amount received of the State for cor-
poration and bank taxes . . . 817,108.43
Public Library, the amount received of the
County for dog licenses . . . 3,655.64
Water Maintenance, from the income of the
water works 25,000.00
Water Works, construction of the water works 35,000.00
Water Loan Interest, balance of income of
the water works ..... 16,285.00
Reduction of Funded Debt .... 2,174.73
Total amount of appropriations for the
year 8775,110.60
A careful examination of the various accounts before the books
can be closed for the year, warrants the statement that the total ex-
penditures will be within the amount appropriated.
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The usual tables, giving a condensed history of the city's finances,
are herewith presented for comparison and reference : —
Year.
Amount of
Funded Debt.
Increase of
Funded Debt.
Reduction of
Funded Debt.
Tax Rate Per
$1,000 Valuation
on account of
Reduction of
Funded Debt.
Town
$ 593,349
643,354
809,354
1,419,854
1,571,854
1,606,854
1,606,854
1,596,854
1,585,000
1,585,000
1,585,000
1,585,000
1,585,000
1,585,000
*1, 525,000
1,525,000
1,525,000
*860,500
952,500
1,057,500
1,045,500
1,194,500
1,279,500
Dec -^1 1S79
$ 50,005
166,000
610,500
152,000
45,000
10,000
' 1873
' 1874
1875
' 1870
1877
' 1878
' 1879
' 1880
' 1881
' 1882
' 1883
' 1884
' " 1885
' 1886
' 1887
' 1888
' 1889
' 1890
' 1891
' 1892
' 1893
$ 55,130.62
58,828.58
61,004.64
64,915.76
55,739.35
58,498.64
61,390.59
64,479.01
67,719,33
71,305.66
66,894.23
70,252.88
37,000.00
38,000.00
45,000.00
57,000.00
104,000.00
137,000.00
$2.07
2.30
2 91
3 42
2 72
2 59
2.65
2.70
2.78
2.87
2 57
2 56
25,000
130,000
150,000
45,000
253,000
222,000
1.28
1.27
1.38
1.55
1.58
1.79
* Sinking Funds applied.
JTear.
Valuation.
Tax Levy.
Rate.
1872
^22,755,325
#274,374.45
$13.00
1873
29,643,100
389,214.48
12.80
1874
30,837,700
473,235.50
15.00
1875
31.317,000
518,161.40
16.20
1876
26,573400
504,745.24
18.60
1877
25,479,400
471,789.14
18.10
1878
20,976,900
• 409,497.10
19.00
1879
18,950,100
352,553.80
18.00
1880
20,458,100
402,927.71
19.10
1881
22,569,100
452,945 45
19.50
1882
23,162,200
425,721.16
17.80
1883
23,812,900
411,645.43
16.70
1884
24,331,100
418,750.26
16.60
1885
24,878,400
428,605.44
16.60
1886
26,003,200
416,987.28
15.40
1887
27,471,800
424,309.14
14.80
1888
28,765,400
421,458.60
14.00
1889
30,004,600
440,324.40
14.00
1890
32,557,500
447,704.00
14.00
1891
36,843,400
539,137.10
14.00
1892
38,093,100
596,357.50
15.00
1893
41,873,600
675,886.80
15.50
mayor's inaugural address of 1894. 23
Territorially, Somerville is one of the smallest cities of the State,
two only — Chelsea and Everett — having less taxable acreage. The
average taxable acreage of the cities of the Commonwealth is 10,457 ;
Taunton, with 25,222 acres, being the largest, while Somerville num-
bers less than 1,900 acres, Everett 1,816, and Chelsea, the smallest,
has 961. The population of Taunton averages a little more than one
to the acre; Chelsea, 31 ; Everett, 6J; and Somerville, with 25 per-
sons per acre, has more dwellings to the acre than any city or town
in the State, exceptmg Chelsea, and nearly as many as that city. The
average tax rate in the 30 cities of the Commonwealth is $16.31, our
tax being 81 cents below the average. The average tax rate of Som-
erville since its incorporation as a city — a period of 22 years — has
been ^16.08; last year, $15.50. The lowest was $12.80, m 1873;
the highest, $19.50, in 1881.
It seems almost unnecessary that I should at this time review at
length the condition of the various departments of the city. Two
thirds of last year's government, seven members of the new Board of
Aldermen, and nine members of the Common Council returning with
only a Sabbath's intermission from the duties and responsibilities of
the last year's service, need not to be reminded of the various sub-
jects which have been acted upon and completed, or have been, after
more or less consideration, referred to this City Council. After one
night's bivouac on the field of action, we open our eyes to behold the
situation but slightly changed, with many of the same subjects still
seeking or demanding solution.
It gives me pleasure to record my appreciation of the faithful ser-
vice of all the boards and heads of the city departments, the City
Treasurer, City Clerk, City Solicitor, and all the employes at City
Hall, without whose constant and efficient service, official life would
be more difficult and burdensome than it now is. After many years
of experience with many public officials, I can truly say that, in my
opinion, no city in the Commonwealth has more honest, intelligent
and loyal officials, and I take pleasure in thus publicly bearing witness
to their worth. We begin the new year without incumbrance, with
no unpaid bills, and with all the departments in excellent working
condition.
At this time I would impress upon your minds the wisdom of
a careful scrutiny of all items of expenditure in the regular ap-
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propriations and the imperative necessity of "living within our
means."
I recommend to your careful consideration the proposition that
the appropriations for the running expenses of the city to be raised
under the twelve-dollar tax limit be levied upon the average valuation
for the past three years, instead of upon the valuation of last year
alone. The law permits either course, and last year, owing to the
demand for increased expenditure, it was deemed best to avail our-
selves of the privilege of levying the larger amount, viz. : upon the
valuation of 1892, which admitted of an appropriation of $455,632.
Then, again, certain very valuable estates were to be taxed for the first
time, which, together with the increase of assessed values, increased
the valuation to $41,873,600 —a gain of $3,780,500.
This year the prospect of a corresponding increase of valuation is
not as promising, and if the valuation of last year shall be made the
basis, the tax rate will be likely to be increased. The basis of the
average valuation for the past three years will afford an appropriation
of $463,501, an increase of $7,869. In addition to this should be
added a considerable sum brought forward from the account of 1892
and paid from the appropriation of 1893. If this recommendation is
carried into effect, the tax rate will not exceed $15 per thousand.
The Inspector of Buildings reports that permits for the erection of
482 buildings were issued during the last year. Although this is a
slight reduction compared with the year 1892 — owing doubtless to
the stringency of money during a portion of the year — it indicates a
healthy and substantial growth of the city and adds about 2,500 to the
population of the city, which is estimated to be nearly, if not quite^
50,000 souls.
One year ago there were in use in the city three oil lamps, 276
arc and fourteen incandescent lights. During the year there have
been added forty-one arc and fourteen incandescent lights. Twenty-
five incandescents have been discontinued, leaving the number at the
present time 317 arc lights, three being placed on public grounds^
one on Central Hill and two on Broadway Park, 211 incandescent,
and three oil lights.
mayor's inaugural address of 1804. 25
STREET DEPARTMENT.
During ihe past year the action of the Highway Committee has
been in strict accordance with the course pursued the year previous,
and consequently a very large amount of work has been performed.
The object has been the rebuilding of thoroughfares on a lasting basis
and taking care of the new streets which have been opened so rapidly
in the different sections of the city; also, the temporary repair of
such main streets upon which the committees have been unable to
make permanent improvements this year, but which under the general
plan would receive early attention. The paving with granite blocks
of Washington street between Union square and Medford street, which
was recommended one year ago, has been accomplished, and that
portion of the street which was one of the worst in the city is now in
splendid condition. The most extensive piece of macadamizing
undertaken has been in Ward One, oA Broadway ; the entire distance
between the Boston line and Cross street has been brought to grade,
changing the former dangerous grade in a portion of it ; a new foun-
dation has been put in, and the whole covered with a wearing surface
of Salem hard stone. Broadway, from the boundary to the top of
Winter Hill, is now one of the finest streets in the vicinity. In Ward
Four, Elm street, from Davis square to Willow avenue, has been rebuilt
with Waltham hard stone. I recommend that the work of rebuilding
this street in the same manner be continued to Somerville avenue
during the present year. The calls for the building of new streets
recently opened and built upon have been greater than ever before.
In my opinion the committee has responded to these demands in every
ward to the full extent of the appropriation, and each section has had
its equal share of improvements. A large amount of sidewalk building
has been accomplished, nearly 15,000 feet of edgestones and more
than 13,000 square yards of brick sidewalks having been laid.
The subject of enlarging the city stables, which was considered
last year, and for which plans have been prepared and estimates pro-
cured, is one that will require your early attention. The department
is crippled for lack of horses and teams to do the necessary work, and
is forced by lack of stable room to considerable expense in hiring
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private teams. But the principal reason for the enlargement rests in
the request of the Board of Health that the ashes of the city be col-
lected by the Highway Department. The work can be done by this
department more economically and to the entire satisfaction of the
people. It is also expected that this department will soon be called
upon to provide stable room for the more efficient collection of city
offal.
Arrangements for all this additional work have been provided for
in the plans which were presented by the highway committee last
summer. Owing to the stringent money market at that time the
plans were not carried into effect.
On thoroughfares bearing the heavy travel, the wisest economy
requires that only the best material be used. It is a waste of money
to use Somerville blue-stone, and the Highway Committee of this year
will do well to consider this suggestion. Our main streets should be
built to wear, and only the hardest material that can be obtained is
suitable for this purpose. Pearl street and Medford street from Cross
to Central streets are in need of immediate repairs, and should be so
built. This year the West End Street Railway will relay their tracks
on Highland avenue from Central street to Davis square. This portion
of the avenue needs immediate repairs, and as the relaying of the
tracks will necessitate more or less change of grade, I think the oppor-
tunity of making a iirst-class road-bed with hard stone surface should
be improved. The experience in paving during the last two years
has been so successful as to lead me to recommend that the paving of
Somerville avenue from Park street to the junction of Elm street should
be undertaken this year, and as much of it completed as our finances
will admit. This will provide a fine drive through Somerville to the
Cambridge line, and by continuing through Elm street, as I have pre-
viously indicated, will furnish a first-class highway through West Somer-
ville to the top of Clarendon Hill. These suggestions, if carried into
effect, will prove of great benefit to our city. I suggest that one or
two picked men be detailed to look after and repair immediately,
under the direction of the Superintendent of Streets, any defects which
may exist in our principal streets. This plan has been successfully
carried out in Newton and other cities.
I cannot close this portion of my address without bearing witness
to the great ability and faithfulness of the late chairman of the high-
mayor's inaugural address of 1894. 27
way committee, Ex-Alderman William L. Barber. In his connection
with this department he has manifested traits of character, a genius
for hard work, and a capacity for carrying forward large enterprises
to successful completion, which entitle him to the respect and confi-
dence of all the citizens, as well as to those who have been associated
with him in his difficult work.
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
The department consists of two steam fire engine companies, four
hose companies, one ladder company, and a new steamer for reserve,
which has been obtained during the last year by purchase and exchange
of an old steamer worn out in service. The number of fire alarms
during the year 1893 was 92 bell and 18 still alarms. The loss by
fire, as near as can be ascertained, was 831,569.35, as against 867,852,
a decrease of 836,282.65, or 53^ per cent. The insurance on this
property was 8125,950. At each alarm the fire has been confined to
the building in which it originated, and in no case has the building
been destroyed. The department is in excellent condition.
During the past year the needs of the department have been con-
sidered. A lot of land near the corner of Cedar street and Highland
avenue has been purchased for the uses of a ladder truck when a
building shall be erected to receive it. Several orders relating to the
erection of a building, and one sketch of a proposed building are in
the files of papers referred to this City Council, and will soon come
before you for consideration. One is to erect a central fire station, at
an estimated cost of 820,000, on the West Somerville lot. The other
IS to erect the same building on the Brastow Schoolhouse lot. That a
central fire station is needed there can be no doubt. The exisrencies
of the department require room as soon as it can be obtained. Early
last year it was proposed to enlarge the present Steamer One house,
but the project was not regarded with favor. Three city councils
have declined to take action on the subject of enlargement.
I referred to this matter one year ago at considerable length, and
favored the erection of the central fire station on the Brastow School-
house location. Another year of careful consideration of the subject
has confirmed rather than changed the views I then expressed. I
think that for all the purposes required of such a station this location
is superior to any other mentioned. In all respects it has advantages.
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If the station is erected upon this site, it will furnish headquarters for
the fire department and a central location for the chemical engine and
fire-alarm system. In that event, a smaller and less expensive build-
ing can be erected for the ladder truck in West ,Somerville. I believe
that public sentiment is in accord with this recommendation, and I
submit the subject to your careful consideration.
The Superintendent of Electric Lines and Lights recommends that
a wagon be procured for carrying tools and materials necessary for
repairing breaks, or for general work on fire-alarm and police wires,
and for dispatch in reaching places of accident. Owing to the large
increase of electric wires by electric lighting. West End Street Railway
trolley and numerous telephone and telegraph lines, the liability of
broken wires and the danger to the public incurred thereby is greatly
increased. This wagon should be kept at the headquarters of the fire-
alarm system. He also suggests that a striker be put on Clarendon
Hill, at the Lincoln Schoolhouse, to notify the children in that part
of the city of " no school " and for fire-alarm purposes.
OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
It gives me pleasure to state that the Board of Overseers of the
Poor fully realize the unusual demand which may be made upon them
during the present winter, and are cognizant of the true condition and
wants of any who have made known their distress. It also affords
gratification to state that owing to the general character of our citi-
zens, and the continuance of active business in the city, the number
of unemployed is not nearly as large, proportionately, as in many
other cities. Still, doubtless, it is a fact that an unusual number may
require assistance before the winter is over. Should such be the case,
I am sure the good people of our city. will not murmur if the amount
expended in public benefaction is larger than usual. The citizens of
Somerville have never begrudged any amount, judiciously expended,
to aid deserving applicants, and now, in addition to the means pro-
vided by the city, the citizens are reorganizing charitable societies,
and forming Associated Charities to carry forward private benevolent
agencies designed to prevent pauperism and suffering.
The number partially supported during the past year was 1,091,
an increase of 168 over 1892; number fully supported 117, an in-
crease of 11 over 1892, five of this increase being in the number
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of insane. The total expenditure of this department last year was
$17,800.51, an increase of $785.21 over the previous year. The num-
ber fully supported at the present time is 75, an increase of 10 over
one year ago. Four of these are children.
At its last regular meeting the Board of Overseers voted unani-
mously to recommend to the City Council the purchase of a suitable
site for the erection of a City Almshouse, in view of the fact that they
have not been able to hire a house in accordance with authority given
by last year's City Council, and inasmuch as available land of sufficient
area can be better procured at the present time.
I respectfully ask your consideration of this action of the Board
of Overseers.
SOMERVILLE HOSPITAL.
Although this is a private and in no sense a public institution sup-
ported by the city, it is one in which Somerville may well feel an
honorable pride. Its completion engaged the last labors of the Hon.
Charles G. Pope, my predecessor in the mayoralty, who departed this
life on the 24th day of April last. He lived long enough to witness its
completion, after long and faithful labor in perfecting its organization.
It was dedicated on May 17, 1893, and was immediately occupied.
Though the need of such an institution has long been recognized,
yet such was not fully understood until the hospital had demonstrated
it by its humane and noble work. Having no endowment or stated
mcome, it relies for support principally upon the contributions of our
benevolent citizens. Owing to the fact that it receives and maintains
many who might otherwise be a charge upon the city, I trust the
citizens will not be heedless to its calls for financial aid.
POLICE DEPARTMENT.
No changes have occurred in this department during the year.
The comparative freedom from crime which we have enjoyed is
due in a large degree to the efficiency of the police force. The de-
partment is well conducted and can be relied upon for a faithful
discharge of duty.
Owing to the large number of new streets, which necessitates
longer routes, I think the force should be increased by the appoint-
ment of three additional patrolmen. I recommend this action after
frequent interviews with the Chief in relation to the efficiency of
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the force. I concur in his recommendation that the signal system
be extended to provide for two more circuits and three additional
boxes, and that a matron to take care of female prisoners be
appointed.
I renew in another form a recommendation made one year
ago, in regard to retiring aged and faithful patrolmen, who have
served fifteen or twenty years, and are unfitted for street duty by
reason of age. Authority for this action must be granted by
statute, and I recommend that the Mayor be authorized to petition
the Legislature for the enactment of a law which shall confer this
power upon the City Council.
NATHAN TUFTS PARK.
During the year two loans of $5,000 each have been made for
the purpose of completing this park, and the amount of $10,000
has been expended under the direction of the Committee on Public
Grounds. Enough has been accomplished to comply with the
terms of the deed of gift, and as soon as the weather will permit
the necessary landscape gardening will be undertaken, lawns and
walks laid out, tiees and shrubbery set out, and it is hoped that all
necessary work will be finished in season to dedicate the park on
the Fourth of July next, when, as I understand, our patriotic resi-
dents of West Somerville propose to outdo the splendid celebration
of the day last year. Truly, such an occasion should appeal to
the patriotism of the entire city and afford a fine opportunity for its
display.
It will be necessary, and at an early day, to appropriate a
sufficient sum for the completion of the park.
STREET BOUNDS AND CITY SURVEY.
I respectfully call your attention to the last annual report of
the City Engineer, in which he submits the necessity of placing
stone monuments or bounds at street intersections for the purpose
of permanently establishing street lines and affording an indestructi-
ble record of their location. I will not quote at length the para-
graph to which I refer, but will recommend that the sum of $500
be appropriated for that purpose. I also call your attention to his
reference to the necessity of completing the city surv^ey, found on
mayor's inaugural address of 1894. 31
page 7 of this report, and approve his request for an appropriation
of S500 to defray the expense. No appropriation for this purpose
has been made since 1883.
, SOMERVILLE MYSTIC WATER BOARD.
In January last, the President of this Board, Albion A. Perry,
Esq., whose term of service was about to expire, declined a reap-
pointment, and the city was thus deprived of his valuable services.
Mr. William F. Hall was appointed for the full term of three years.
The following is a brief synopsis of the work of the Board during
the past year : —
Length of mains extended . . 8,031 feet
Length of mains relaid . . . 16,305 feet
making over 4 6-10 miles pipe put in.
Number of services put in . . 372
Number of feet of pipe . . . 13,432 (over 2 1-2 miles)
Number of hydrants set ... 54
Number of hydrants removed . 21
Net increase in hydrants ... 33
making total number now in city, 568
of which 26 are private hydrants.
A large district has been relaid with iron pipe in West Somer-
ville, and Washington street from Medford street to L'nion square
has also been relaid, together with many smaller streets. A new
boiler has been erected at the pumping station, and scales have also
been put in there for weighing coal, pipe, etc. The Board empha-
sizes the necessity of relaying a large portion of the cement pipe
now in the city as a matter of economy, and this should be done the
coming year, in their opinion.
PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
During the year a change in the office of superintendent has
been made. Mr. C. E. Meleney has resigned and Mr. Gordon A.
Southworth has succeeded him in that office. The latter needs no
introduction to the citizens of Somerville. Occupying for twenty
years the post of Principal of the Prescott School, he has become
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well known to us all. He brings to his office ripe experience as a
teacher, business methods, and a devotion to his calling which will
be beneficial to our public schools. The City Council of last year
provided ways and means for the erection of an English High
School, purchased the property of the Unitarian Society, to afford
ample room for its location, and have made a contract for the
erection of the building. The enlargement of the Bingham School
is in progress and will be completed within four months, and an
appropriation has been made for the erection of a schoolhouse on
Kent street to accommodate children living south of the Fitchburg
Railroad. The land for this purpose was purchased and plans of a
building adopted, but owing to the fact that the English High
School appropriation was inadequate to cover the contract for the
erection of the building, it was decided late in the year to transfer
a sufficient sum from the Kent Street School appropriation, with
the understanding that the amount thus taken, and enough more to
complete that building, should be appropriated as soon as possible
this year. I therefore recommend that such action be taken at
once, in order that this schoolhouse may be built early in the season,
in accordance with the plans already adopted.
At the final meeting of the School Board, held December 26,
a report containing several recommendations was adopted. These
will soon be presented to the City Council in the report of the
Committee on Additional School Accommodation. In order to
anticipate in point of time, I will here give you a brief statement
of the principal recommendations : —
1. The erection of a four-room building for primary schools
in the northeasterly part of Ward One, on Broadway, between Mt.
Vernon street and Benedict avenue, or on the vacant land adjoining
the Prescott School on Myrtle street.
2. If the Webster School had not been burned, there would
have been no demand for additional school accommodations in
Ward Two in 1894. Instead of rebuilding that schoolhouse it is
proposed to enlarge the Knapp School by the addition of four
rooms, which will provide adequate room for the scholars of both
schools.
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3. The enlargement by the addition of eight rooms to the
Burns School in Ward Four. This will relieve the overcrowded
condition of four schools in that ward. The Burns School is about
midway between the Morse and Highland Schools, in the centre
of a growing district. It furnishes (in the opinion of the superin-
tendent) just the needed nucleus for another grammar school centre,
and its enlargement will relieve the Highland and Lincoln on one
hand, and the Morse on the other. I commit these recommenda-
tions of the Superintendent of Schools to your careful considera-
tion.
The average cost of education for each scholar in the public
schools during 1893 was 823.68, a decrease of 25 cents per scholar
compared with the previous year.
HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
During the year two changes have taken place in this depart-
ment, caused by the declination of Mr. J. Frank Wellington to
accept another appointment, and the resignation of Mr. Charles H.
Crane, consequent upon his election to represent the city in the
General Court. Both these gentlemen have served the city faithfully
in a department which requires ability and patience, and devotion
to the best interests of the city. The vacancies were filled by the
appointment of T. M. Durell, M. D., and Ex- Alderman A. T.
Nickerson.
The Board has under consideration the problem of the proper
disposition to be made of the city garbage, upon which it will report
at a future date.
CITY HALL.
One year ago I referred to this subject, and the general im-
provement of the Central Hill Park, and stated that the need of a
new City Hall was beginning to be seriously felt. I was well
aware of the inconvenience of transacting public business in such a
building, but when outlining a plan for buildings on that public
ground, I thought that the plan might be gradually consummated
in a period of a few years. Now I believe that a new City Hall is
imperatively demanded, and I do not hesitate to request your
early and favorable consideration with a view to your speedy action
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in procuring plans and estimates of the cost of such a building as
the urgent necessities of the case demand. The present structure
was erected in 1852. For twenty years it was used as a High
School, afterwards as a Town House, and in 1872, upon the organi-
zation of the City Government, became the City Hall, and has
been used as such ever since. The building that was sufficient for
city purposes in 1872 is entirely inadequate for such uses now. A
city of 50,000 inhabitants has grown up around it, and it is no
longer suited for the centre of the city's official and business activ-
ities. Every department is pressed for room. The Board of Asses-
sors, having frequent hearings and employing in summer an extra
number of clerks, requiring much floor room, has no access to its
office excepting through the room of the Clerk of Committees, who
himself is in need of room. There is no office room whatever for
the Superintendent of Streets, Electric Lines and Lights, or Health
Department. The City Engineer says of his office accommoda-
tions : " It has long been evident that the facilities for properly
arranging plans, note-books, etc., in the department are entirely-
inadequate to its needs. The office is small and poorly arranged
for the number of men employed, and it is even necessary to locate
some of the office help in another part of the City Hall, beyond the
control of the engineer. The present arrangement for filing plans is
so small, and the books and plans are so crowded, that it is only
with extreme care that plans can be used without injury. The safe
for plans and note-books is small, and its construction is such that
if the building were destroyed by fire, the contents, if not entirely
destroyed, would be of very little value. The loss of note-books
and plans would be a severe one, and it would be impossible to
replace them at any cost. The records of location and depths of
sewer and water mains, the plans of highway locations, the surveys
of streets, lands, and buildings, levels and grades for highways,
and land plans of which no other copies can now be obtained, all
would be destroyed."
The same difficulty is experienced in nearly every department.
There is not a room available for conversation and interview's. All
business must be transacted in public rooms or hallways. The
sanitary arrangements are entirely inadequate. There is but one
retiring-room in the building, and that of a character excelled in
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almost every private dwelling having any claim to respectability.
At the last meeting of 1893, a special committee appointed some
months before to consider the advisability of providing more room
in City Hall, and reporting a plan, after having had but few meet-
ings with an interval of some months, submitted a recommendation
that a wooden addition be built upon the School street end. Only
a few months before the obnoxious wooden horse-sheds had been
removed, as much on account of their dangerous proximity to the
building as for any other cause, and now it is seriously proposed
to add what might prove a tinder-box to this old building already
considered unsafe in case of fire. I do not believe it wise policy to
increase accommodations in that way or in any other, except in the
erection of a new hall which shall fully answer the purposes for
which it shall be erected and prove a source of pride to our
citizens. In these days schoolhouses and public buildings are
planned for the purpose of enlargement in the event of over-
crowding, but any expenditure upon this building would, in
my opinion, be money thrown away. Any wise business man
or corporation plans buildings, mills and factories with some
reference to future growth of business. It is an exercise of good
judgment, in my opinion, for a city to provide building accommo-
dations beyond the pressing needs of the present hour.
PUBLIC LIBRARY.
During the year Miss Adams, who had been librarian from its
organization, more than twenty years ago, resigned her position,
and was succeeded by Mr. John S. Hayes, who had for fifteen
years been Principal of the Forster School. He entered upon his
active duties on the first day of July last. Under the direction of
the trustees he has commenced preparations for the entire re-
organization of the library, which will provide for a complete
classification of the books and require considerable more room,
especially for shelving, books in stack, a suitable room for the
reference library, a room for students and others who use the library
for study and research, and a room for the proper care of relics
of the past.
When the building was completed it was large enough for the
library as it then existed, but the increase in population has de-
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manded an increased number of books, and books require room.
Common prudence would suggest an addition to the stack room, with
space for at least 60,000 volumes. The present delivery space is too
small for the large numbers that come to the library for books. The
reading-room should occupy much more space. These and other
reasons suggest the need of more room. The subject is now being
discussed in the local papers, '' not with an idea of finding out how
pressing present needs may most easily be met, but with a compre-
hensive view of the probable needs of the next generation, and with
a purpose of doing work now so that it will not have to be done all
over again a dozen years from now." This language so nearly
expresses the spirit of the recommendations made one year ago, and
which another year has convinced me to be correct, that I quote it
with pleasure as indicative of the trend of public opinion toward the
true and natural solution of the great problem of improvement in the
public buildings.
The location of the English High School will prevent any
possibility of enlargement of the Public Library eastward. The
only suitable method of obtaining additional room is to erect a
buildino; westward toward School street. I believe that the Citv Hall
should be erected further eastward, and a building for the use of the
Public Library erected, joining the present library building and
connected with it. This new building could serve as a public
Memorial Hall and Public Library combined. The new building
could be of the same general style of architecture and present a
pleasing effect. The lower story could be utilized as a stack room
and for other purposes of the library, and the present building fitted
up, as the trustees suggest, for reading rooms, reference library, and
rooms in which the student or investigator could pursue his researches
without confusion or interruption.
This plan for the improvement of Central Hill is feasible, and can
be carried out. There are two ways of accomplishing it. One is to
erect a new building each year from appropriations made on the
funded debt account, to be paid for within a period of ten years ;
the other is to follow the course pursued by Lowell and other cities
which have felt the need of great public improvements — city halls,
public library buildings, high schools, memorial halls and parks.
Lowell, for instance, has just completed some of the finest public
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buildings in the State — a city hall, memorial and public library
combined, and high school. Instead of building piecemeal, the city
obtained authority from the Legislature to borrow the amounts
required outside the debt limit, and for the term of thirty years. As
the work of erecting these buildings was to require considerable time,
and cover the period of several city governments, the construction was
placed in the hands of a commission consisting of its leading citizens,
and the grand work has been accomplished. These buildings, if we
erect them, are to continue for more than one generation. They are
to be used by those who shall follow us in a long succession of years.
Our borrowing capacity should always remain as large as possible, in
order to provide schoolhouses, engine houses, sewers, and other
important matters, but the weight of a loan on long time would be
comparatively light and be borne in a measure by those who are to
receive its benefits. The Somerville avenue paving loan is an illustra-
tion of this idea. Newton is to have its grand boulevards, Cambridge
its splendid parks. Somerville, with the finest location in this section
of the State for its public buildings, will one day have them.
Gentlemen of the City Council : —
There are many matters of public interest to which I have not
referred. Much has been done which time will not permit me to
speak of at length, and that has not been mentioned in print. Such
matters as the removal of grade crossings, reduction of the price of
gas and change of railroad locations have had the close attention of
the City Solicitor and the Mayor, the former having attended all
hearings in these cases in the interest of the citizens of Somerville.
He has been faithful in all his works, and while a trumpet has not
been sounded before him he has accomplished much which will bear
fruit and be creditable to himself and the city. Let us determine
here and now that we will be true to the interests of this dear city now
committed to our care. The year stretches out before us. It will be
crowded with labors and activities. May we so conduct the public
business that at its close our fellow-citizens may gladly say to each,
'•' Well done, good and faithful servant."
INAUGURAL ADDRESS
DEIJVERED KY
Hon. WILLIAM H. HODGKINS,
JANUARY 7, 189J.
Gentlemen of the City Council : —
For the third time in the history of Somerville the voters have
elected a Mayor for the fourth consecutive term. Renewing my oath
of office, it is fitting that I should acknowledge my deep sense of
personal obligation to my fellow-citizens for the honor conferred upon
me for the fourth time, indicating, as it does, the confidence reposed
in me. I should be less than human did I not respond with expres-
sions of sincere thankfulness that my public course has been such as
to receive this testimonial of high esteem.
But while a new honor has been added, I can but realize that
another draught is to be made upon my strength and ability to per-
form the duties of the high office. Experience has taught me that
the position of Mayor of this growing city demands all the strength,
and courage, and patience the incumbent possesses, and more than
all else the sustaining grace and power of the Almighty. As I meet
the cares and problems of another year, differing, in many respects.
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from those of former years, I must rely upon that power for any
degree of success, and I exclaim, with one of old, " If Thy presence
go not with me, carry us not up hence."
We speak of Somerville as a growing city. Do we realize how
rapidly it is growing, and what strides it is making? The population
in 1872 was estimated to be 16,000; in 1880 it had increased to
24,985 ; in 1885, to 29,922, an increase of twenty per cent. ; in 1890,
to 40,152, an increase of thirty-three and one-third per cent.; in
1894, or four years and five months, to 52,200, an increase of thirty
per cent. The increase of 1894 over 1880 has been 108 per cent.
The past year has been one of great activity in all the departments
of the government. The building of the English High and George
W. Durell Schools ; the enlargement of the Knapp and Bingham
Schools ; and much other less important work upon the schools ; the
erection and equipment of the central fire station and hook and
ladder house on Highland avenue, together with providing apparatus
and extending the fire-alarm system ; the large amount of work in the
Highway Department, including the building of a new stable ; the
extensive laying of sewers ; the reorganization of the Health Depart-
ment ; the unusual amount of work performed by the Water Board ;
the completion of the Nathan Tufts Park ; the extra labors of the
Poor Department in behalf of the unemployed, and many minor
events too numerous to be mentioned in a single paragraph, have
fully occupied the attention of the various committees. The year
1894 will be remembered by the members of its City Council and
departments as one of hard work and little leisure.
Much of this work has been caused by the very rapid growth of
the city. The demand for additional public accommodations —
schools, streets, and other necessities — is increasing yearly, and re-
quires constant forethought and oversight to anticipate and provide
for. Therefore, I recommend to your careful consideration the great
economy of providing adequate accommodations in advance of their
need. Something in this direction was done last year in securing the
erection of the public buildings, but much more of the same kind of
work must be done from year to year. The open ground of Somer-
ville in every quarter is being rapidly covered with buildings to pro-
vide homes for a class of worthy, industrious, and pubUc-spirited
people, who will be imbued with our ideas, if these are far reaching
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and for the well-being and permanent benefit of those who make this
city their home. Somerville is destined to be a popular city, and there
are some, perhaps many, sitting here who will see its population num-
ber one hundred thousand.
Following the usual custom on these occasions, I will first direct
your attention to the financial condition of the city, which, I think, is
of sufficient importance to justify more than passing notice. The
voters have a right to know the exact condition of the fi.nances, that
they may judge equitably as to the faithfulness of an administration in
the discharge of its trust.
STATEMENT OF FINANCES.
The Funded Debt of the city January 1, 1894, was as follows : —
Funded Debt, City Loan S773,000
Funded Debt, Sewer Loan .
Funded Debt, Paving Loan
Funded Debt, Water Loan .
Total Funded Debt
53,000
95,000
358,500
$1,279,500
The debt was increased during the year by appropriations made
by the City Council as follows : —
Fire Department, central fire station . . S26,000
Fire Department, central fire station, elec-
trical apparatus, etc. .... 5,250
Fire Department, chemical engine and equip-
ments 3,000
Fire Department, hook and ladder station . 10,000
Fire Department, hook and ladder station,
equipment and furniture . . . 3,750
Fire Department, land for fire station. Ward
One ... .
Highways, city stable
Nathan Tufts Park
Public Library improvement
Schoolhouse, Bingham addition
Amount carried forward
6,000
14,500
15,000
3,000
1,000
$87,500
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amount brought forward
Schoolhouse, Edgerly addition
Schoolhouse, High and English High, heating
ventilating and plumbing
Schoolhouse, O. S. Knapp addition
Schoolhouse, Ward Four, south side Fitch-
burg Railroad ....
Sewers, construction ....
Total amount of increase
$ 87,500
2,000
35,000
15,500
12,000
20,000
S172,000
The debt was reduced during the year by payments as follows : —
Funded Debt, City Loan .... $83,000
Funded Debt, Sewer Loan .... 1,000
Funded Debt, Paving Loan .... 5.000
Funded Debt, Water Loan . . . ' . 18,000
Total amount of reduction
S107000
Leaving the Funded Debt of the city January 1, 1895, $1,344,500
(an increase of $65,000 over the previous year), classified as fol-
lows : —
City Loan Bonds bearing interest at 4 per cent.
City Loan Bonds bearing interest at 4J per cent. .
City Loan Bonds bearing interest at 5 per cent. .
City Loan Sewer Bonds bearing interest at 4 per cent
City Loan Sewer Bonds bearing interest at 4J per cent
City Loan Sewer Bonds bearing interest at 5 per cent.
City Loan Paving Bonds bearing interest at 4 per cent
Water Loan Bonds bearing interest at 4 per cent.
Water Loan Bonds bearing interest at 5 per cent. .
Water Loan Bonds bearing interest at h\ per cent.
Total Funded Debt January 1, 1895
$444,000
233,000
165,000
20,000
17,000
35,000
90,000
248,000
82,500
10,000
$1,344,500
The above represents the net indebtedness of the city, the un-
funded liabilities, for temporary loans, etc., being equalled by its
assets, which consist of uncollected taxes, sewer and sidewalk assess-
ments, etc.
mayor's IXAUGUR-A.L ADDRESS OF 1895.
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To provide for the payment of the current expenses, State and
County taxes and debt requirements for the past year, the annual tax
lew was made as follows : —
Real estate, valuation
Personal property, valuation
Total valuation .
840,598,900
3,544,000
844,142,900
A rate of 815.70 on 81,000 valuation, with 14,061 polls at 82
each, gives the total amount of tax levy, §721,165.53.
The appropriations provided for by the tax levy were as follows : —
Fire Department
Health Department
Highways ....
Indigent Soldiers and Sailors
Interest ....
Miscellaneous
Police ....
Police Station Incidentals
Printing and Stationery .
Public Grounds
Public Library
Reduction of Funded Debt
Relief and Burial of Indigent Soldiers
and Sailors
Salaries .
School Contingent
School Contingent,
School Fuel .
Schoolhouse Incidentals .
School Teachers' Salaries
Sewers, Maintenance
Sidewalks ....
Street Lights ....
Aino2int carried forward
Janitors' Salaries
$ 43,000.00
12,000.00
60,000.00
500.00
65,000.00
6,600.00
25,000.00
3,500.00
6,500.00
4,500.00
6,500.00
100,000.00
4,000.00
35,400.00
16,000.00
11,000.00
9,000.00
12,000.00
125,000.00
7,000.00
10,000.00
44,000.00
$606,500.00
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Amount brought forward . . $606,500.00
Support of Poor 15,000.00
Waterinor Streets 7,000.00
For current expenses ..... $628,500.00
State of Massachusetts, State tax . . . . 31,380.00
State of Massachusetts, Metropolitan Sewer assmt. 22,230.79
State of Massachusetts, Non-resident Bank stock 847.80
County of Middlesex, County tax . ... 34,317.59
Overlay and Abatement, added for fractional divi-
sions and abatement ..... 3,889.35
Total amount of appropriations provided for by
the tax levy ...... $721,165.53
In addition to the above, the following appropria-
tions were made from the various income accounts,
viz. : —
Police, the amount received of the State for corpo-
ration and bank taxes ..... 22,225.59
Public Library, the amount received of the County
for dog licenses . . . . . . 2,710.90
Water Maintenance, from the income of the water
works ■ 32,500.00
Water Works Construction, from the income of the
water works 30,000.00
Water Loan Interest, from the income of the water
works . 15,415.00
Amount carried forward .... S824,017.02
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Amount brought forward
8824,017.02
Reduction of Funded Debt, balance of income of
the water works (estimated) .... 5,486.30
Total amount of appropriations for the year . §829,503.32
The following tables, giving a condensed history of the city's
finances, are herewith presented for comparison and reference : —
Tax Rate Per
« r„ . „
Amount of
Increase of
Reduction of
$1,000 Valuation
Year.
Funded Debt.
Funded Debt.
Funded Debt.
on account of
Reduction of
Funded Debt.
^r\xx,r\
% 593,349
643,354
809,354
J
Dec.
\J *T Xi
31, 1872
1873
S 50,005
166,000
1874
1,419,854
610,500
—
1875
1,571,854
152,000
' 1876
1,606,844
45,000
S 55,130.62
32.07
1877
1,606,854
10,000
58,828.58
2.30
' 1878
1,596,854
61,004.64
2.91
' 1879
1,585,000
64,915.76
3.42
1880
1,585,000
— —
55,739.35
2.72
1881
1,585,000
58,498.64
2.59
1882
1,585,000
61,390.59
2.65
1883
1,585,000
64,479.01
2.70
1884
1,585,000
67,719.33
2.78
1885
*1, 525,000
71,305.66
2.87
1886
1,525,000
66,894.23
2.57
1887
1,525,000
70,252.88
2.56
1888
*860,500
25,000
37,000.00
1.28
' 1889
952,500
130,000
38,000.00
1.27
1890
1,057,500
150,000
45,000.00
1.38
' 1891
1,045,500
45,000
57,000.00
1.55
' 1892
1,194,500
253,000
104,000.00
2.73
1893
1,279,500
222,000
137,000.00
3.27
1894
1,344,500
172,000
107,000.00
2.42
* Sinking Fund applied.
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
^EAR.
Valuation.
Tax Levy.
Rate.
1872
$22,755,325
$274,374.45
$13.00
1873
29,643,100
389,214.48
12.80
1874
30,837,700
473,235.50
15.00
1875
81,317,000
518,161.40
16.20
1876
26,573,400
504,745.24
18.60
1877
25,479,400
471,789.14
18.10
1878
20,976,900 .
409,497.10
19.00
1879
18,950,100
352,553.80
18.00
1880
20,458,100
402,927.71
10.10
1881
22,569,100
452,945.45
19.50
1882
23,162,200
425,721.16
17.80
1883
23,812,900
411,645.43
16.70
1884
24,331,100
418,750.26
16.60
1885
24,878,400
428,605.44
16.60
1886
26,003,200
416,987.28
15.40
1887
27,471,800
424,309.14
14.80
1888
28,765,400
421,458.60
14.00
1889
30,004,600
440,324.40
14.00
1890
32,557,500
447,704.00
14.00
1891
36,843,440
539,137.10
14.00
1892
38,093,100
596,357.50
15.00
1893
41,873,600
675,886.80
15.50
1894
44,142,900
721,165.53
15.70
STATEMENT OF PUBLIC PROPERTY.
The value of the property of the city December 31, 1891, was
$1,685,637.46. The property acquired during the year 1892 was as
follows : —
Nathan Tufts Park
Edgerly Schoolhouse addition
Water Works extension .
Land on Tufts street
$21,591.45
11,217.50
34,863.17
2,142.00
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The value of the property of the city December 31, 1892. was
81,752,351.58. The property acquired during the year 1893 was as
follows : —
Estate of the First Congregational Society, Central
Hill 845,000.00
Fire Department, relief engine .... 3,000.00
Fire Department, land on Highland avenue . . 2,970.83
Nathan Tufts Park 13,466.33
Schoolhouse in Ward Three (Glines) . . . 1,200.68
Schoolhouse in Ward Four, south side Fitchburg
Railroad 3,255.39
Schoolhouse, Edgerly addition .... 11,825.83
Schoolhouse, Bingham addition .... 5,710.00
Schoolhouse, English High 2,018.00
Water Works extension ...... 35,545.30
Total amount of property acquired during the year, 8133,992.36
The value of the property of the city December 31, 1893, includ-
ing an increase in valuation of old property by the committee of that
year amounting to $104,867.88, was 81,981,211.82. The property
acquired during the year 1894 was as follows : —
Fire Department, central fire station
Fire Department, central fire station, electrical
apparatus, etc. ..._...
Fire Department, chemical engine and equipment .
Fire Department, hook and ladder station. Highland
avenue . . . .
Fire Department, hook and ladder station, equipment
and furniture .......
Fire Department, land for fire station. Ward One
Highways, city stable ......
Nathan Tufts Park
Schoolhouse, Bingham addition . . . .
Schoolhouse, Edgerly addition ....
Schoolhouse, English High .....
§22,286.43
2,106.32
2,498.53
9,232.48
3,719.00
6,000.00
10,351.88
17,649.28
9,206.87
1,837.19
44.185.33
Atnoinit carried forward
8129,073.31
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Ainou7it brought forward .... $129,073.31
Schoolhouse, English High, heating, ventilating and
plumbing 27,797.28
Schoolhouse, O. S. Knapp addition . . . 12,623.46
Schoolhouse, Ward Four, south side Fitchburg Rail-
road 16,190.10
Water Works extension ...... 28,375,67
$214,059.82
RECAPITULATION OF PUBLIC PROPERTY,
1889 to 1894 inclusive.
. $1,287,023.44
Public property December 31, 1888
Public property acquired in 1889
Public property acquired in 1890
Public property acquired in 1891
Total amount of new property .
Public property December 31, 1891
$123,637.42
136,507.07
138,469.53
398,614.02
$1,685,637.46
xA.mount of public property December 31, 1891, as per
inventory ....... §1,685,637.46
Property acquired in 1892 . . . $ 66,714.12
Property acquired in 1893 . . . 133,992.36
Property acquired in 1894 . . . 211,090.86
Total amount of new property . . . 411,797.34
Increase in valuation of old property by committee in
1893 104,867.88
Total amount of public property Dec. 31, 1894 $2,202,302.68
The unexpended balances of public property accounts, not in-
cluded in the above, but represented in the funded debt account,
amount to $61,913.77.
Complaint has been made in some quarters that the valuation of
the city has been unduly increased during the past three years.
This statement is not true. While human judgment is not infallible.
mayor's inaugural address of 1895. 49
and some property is quite as likely to be undervalued as overvalued,
I believe the Board of Assessors is composed of conscientious, dis-
criminating and experienced men. I am inclined to the belief that
an unexpected increase of the tax rate has caused more complaint
than overvaluation, and that '' hard times " has been the most potent
cause for complaint. An examination of the treasurer's reports will
prove the fact that the percentage valuation during the last three
years has not increased, but rather decreased.
The valuation of the city in 1880 was 820,458,100. It was in-
creased during the four years' term of Mayor Cummings, nineteen per
cent. ; during the four years' term of Mayor Burns, twenty-one per
cent. ; during Mayor Pope's administration, twenty-seven per cent.,
atid in the last three years, sixteen per cent. But from last year's
valuation should be deducted the valuation of property never before
assessed in any administration, including the grounds of the McLean
Asylum, used for railroad purposes, making the net increase of valua-
tion on the natural growth of the city, less than fifteen per cent.
During the previous administration the city debt was increased
$185,000. During the past three years, $299,000.
Of this amount $100,000 was borrowed before I came into office,
but as this administration has been credited with the payment of
$87,500 of this loan, and may possibly have the credit of paying the
balance, it is allowed to stand against this administration. Allowing
the credit of §12,500, and deducting the special loan of 8100,000 for
paving of Somerville avenue, the debt of the city for ordinary purposes
has been increased only 81,500 over the last administration. A neigh-
boring city with a valuation of 844,000,000, has a debt of 83,479,676,
or more than two and one-half times that of Somerville.
The value of our public property is 82,202,302.68, not including the
amount of 861,913.77, not yet paid out, but represented in the funded
debt, not to mention the paving loan of 8100,000, or the sum of
8785,000 — the cost of our sewer system. There are but few cities
in the Commonwealth whose financial standing is superior to that of
Somerville.
The average tax rate of the thirty cities of the State is 816.18,
our tax, 815.70, being forty-eight cents per thousand below the average
and thirty-eight cents below the average tax rate of Somerville since
its incorporation. The city tax rate last year was 813.77, but the
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State, and the increased County and Metropolitan Sewer tax, SI. 93,
increased the rate to $15.70. It is expected that the State tax will be
less than last year, but I am informed that the County tax will be
somewhat increased. It is possible that the Metropolitan Sewer tax
will be larger than last year. We begin the year in good financial
condition, and all the departments are free from any deficiency.
The number of building permits issued during the year by the
Inspector of Buildings has fallen somewhat from that of the previous
year. The number of permits for dwellings issued has been 339, but
the superintendent informs me that these dwellings are designed for
752 families, classified as follows : Ward One, 39 ; Ward Two, 208 ;
Ward Three, 256; Ward Four, 249; total, 752. If these families
average four persons each, the increase of population at the rate of
3,000 per year can easily be accounted for.
PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
Activity in school building has prevailed during the past year.
The Bingham and Knapp Schools have been enlarged, and the
George W. Durell School ( named in honor of the beloved senior
pastor of the city — the dean of Somerville ) has been erected. This
building was referred to as the ''Kent Street School" one year ago.
The new English High School, now in course of rapid completion,
crowns our Central Hill, and is a credit to all who have been engaged
in its construction. The work of finishing the interior is in progress,
and the building will be completed and ready for occupancy in a short
time. The School Board, it is understood, does not propose to use it
until the beginning of the next school year. Appropriations will be
required to fit up manual training rooms and to purchase furniture.
This money will soon be required in order that everything may be in
readiness for use when wanted. Appropriations will also be required
for school accommodations. Time will not permit me to dwell at
length upon the recent very practical and interesting annual report of
the Superintendent of Schools. Indeed, there is no reason why I
should do so, because the press is already discussing its merits. The
Superintendent has prepared a school map of the city, whereon is
located in circular lines each school district, showing the grammar
school centres, the location of every schoolhouse, and the territory it
is intended to serve ; and additional circles are drawn to show the
^iayor's inaugural address of 1895. 51
proper location of all schools to be erected to cover the portions of
the city now being built up. The first recommendations are that a
new twelve-room grammar school be built in West Somerville in the
vicinity of Holland and Jay streets, and that a four or six-room build-
ing be erected on the vacant land adjoining the Prescott School on
Myrtle street. The advantage of this location is that these buildings
can be heated by the same engine and cared for by the same janitor.
This plan was suggested in the report one year ago, but no definite
action was taken. The report contains recommendations for erection
of other schools, but the two mentioned are deemed to be the most
important. It gives me pleasure to state that the cost of each pupil
in the average membership has been reduced to $22.90 per annum —
seventy-eight cents less than last year, and 81.03 per pupil less than in
1892. The average expenditure on schools account during the past
three years has been reduced more than five per cent.
HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT.
I have annually reviewed at considerable length the work needed
to be done upon some of our important thoroughfares, but not as
much of it has been undertaken as could be desired, partly by
reason of the limited appropriation beyond the cost of maintaining
the department. However, extensive repairs have been made on
Washington street, from the Fitchburg Railroad to Beacon street ;
Elm street, from Willow avenue to Cedar street ; Medford, from
Somerville avenue to railroad crossing ; School street, from Berkeley
street to Somerville avenue; besides Central, Greenville, Gorham,
Claremon, Hudson and New Cross streets. Twenty-one streets have
been laid out, and sidewalks, at a cost of more than 819,000, laid in
twenty-seven streets, covering nearly 16,000 square yards wdth three
and one-tenth miles of edgestones. Two miles of private streets have
been laid out and accepted. The length of streets, courts and alleys
in the city are: Public streets, 51.94 miles; private streets, 32.80
miles ; total, 84.74 miles.
During the year the new city stable has been built and occupied.
It is commodious and intended to anticipate some of the future needs
of this department. Several difficult problems will confront the High-
way Committee this year in relation to the best method of placing the
principal thoroughfares in good condition. Among these are Scmer-
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ville avenue, from the East Cambridge line to Medford street ; Wash-
ington street, from the Boston line to Medford street ; Medford street,
from the East Cambridge line to Somerville avenue, which should, in
my opinion, be paved, as it has been literally cut up by excavations
for two sewers, two water mains and one gas main, and for these
reasons the subsoil is in very bad condition ; Mystic avenue, which
the County Commissioners have ordered the city to rebuild and grade
— the work to be completed during the present year. The following-
named streets need rebuilding or extensive repairs : Highland ave-
nue, from Medford street to Davis square ; Webster avenue, from
Cambridge line to the Fitchburg Railroad ; Medford street, from
Cross to Highland avenue ; and Oilman square to Magoun square,
with parts of Pearl, Summer and Beacon streets. I do not know that
it will be possible to do all this work within the limits of the year, but
the most important part of it can be accomplished^ and the work kept
in hand until these and other improvements are made. My opinion
is that it is of more importance to repair or rebuild some of these old
streets rather than at present to build many of the lately accepted
streets, although the Highway Committee must judge as to the prior
necessity.
An important subject which should receive your early attention is
the question of how to reach that portion of Somerville south of the
Fitchburg Railroad and west of Park street — the portion known as
the "George W. Durell School district." The subject of reaching it by
an overhead foot-bridge and by a subway was considered by the
Highway Committee last year, but no definite result was recorded.
The assessed valuation of real estate in that section is $571,800. It
is a section cut off in a large measure from communication with the
westerly part of the city. When the new schoolhouse was built, it
was for the stated purpose of preventing the scholars from crossing
the track at Kent street, but while the children living on the south
side are not obliged to cross, the order has been reversed, and the
children from the north side who are obliged to attend the new school
are forced to cross, and naturally take the shortest path — across the
track at Kent street. It seems to me that the subject of building a
road-bridge in Kent street should receive your early and favorable
consideration.
■mayok"?j inaugural address of 1895.
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SEWERS.
'The*€i'tir' Engfirter has forwarded to me a communication of too
areata length to trc inserted in this addresSj in relation to the sewer
system of fne city and its needs. It wiU ^e presented to the City
Council £t an early day. Two miles of sewers have been built during
Tthe past year at a cost' of $15,901.20. The total length of the system
ns 58.59 miles, ^iiad the total cost has been S785j000.
FIRE DEPAJR.TMENT.
The manual force of this department when complete consists of
102 Mien, inclufding the acting ladd^rmen on Ladder No. 2, who have
not as yet received full appointment, it having been thought best that
they -should serve a short probationary term. Total permanent men,
22 ; call men, '80. Nine vacancies now exist in the call force. Eight
permanent men were added to the force last year. The importance
of a SLifficient number 'oi permanent men employed in order that no
piece of apparatus will go to a fire without a nucleus of men to put it
in immediate operation canaK)t be denied and should receive the at-
tentiofi of the City Council. One hundred and eight bell alarms and
:2;3 still alarms have been given during the year. The total loss by
tfire has been $31,112; insurance on the property amounted to
$63,4:51.
Mil the recommendations in relation to this department contained
m the inaugural address of 1804 have been carried into effect, viz. :
Tihe ejRection of a central fire station on the Brastow Schoolhouse
lot ; of , a hook ;and ladder house on Highland avenue; the purchase
of a site of a steamer station in Ward One ; the purchase of a chemi-
cal engine, additional equipments for the new houses and the exten-
sion of the fire-alarm system, have been carried into effect. In no
year has the Fire Department been provided with such buildings and
appliances. It affords me pleasure to have the Chief Engineer say
that ^Hhe central fire station is in every way equal to that owned by
any city in the State, and one in which any citizen can take pride."
Prominent citizens have expressed gratification that it is a building
erected with the idea ^^ that Somerville has a future."
The Chief Engineer calls attention to the fact that owing to the in-
creasing number of tall buildings and apartment houses, it may soon
be necessary to procure an aerial ladder truck. Room for this, as
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well as the relief engine, is provided for in the new central fire
station. He recommends that a building be erected on the lot of
land purchased for thai purpose on Broadway, opposite Franklin
street, to furnish room for a steam fire engine, wagon and other appa-
ratus. He states that it is needed there, as the gravity water pressure
is not maintained when several streams are taken from hydrants.
Steam is necessary to furnish effective streams. The department is in
effective condition.
POLICE DEPARTMENT.
That this department is admirably conducted may be inferred
from the immunity from crime during another year. The faithful and
efficient service rendered by the Chief in the execution of the re-
sponsible duties of his office has been of great assistance to me. My
recommendation of last year for the appointment of three additional
patrolmen, and a matron to take exclusive care of female prisoners,
was confirmed by the City Council, as that to provide additional boxes
and circuits. The force numbers forty-two men, rank and file.
The Chief is of the opinion that a reserve force of six or eight men
should be established under the laws, the men to be under pay only
when employed. Such a force is needed from which to detail men to
take the place of regular men when absent from duty. The usual
number of men could thus be kept on duty, and no route or section
would be neglected. He wishes to establish a system of keeping a
good reserve of the regular men, who, when not on the streets, will be
at the station at night or other time of the day for fire and other
emergency calls. To carry this into effect, he would need the rooms
now occupied by the Somerville Light Infantry. I favor this sugges-
tion. The military company is in need of better accommodations.
The Adjutant-General has reduced the rental of the rooms to $300 per
annum for this reason. I recommend that an effort be made to find
more suitable quarters for the company. Our citizens look upon the
company with commendable pride. It is our only active military
organization, and should be provided with more adequate accommo-
dations. The ambulance has been placed in the police department,
and already 90 calls have been made for its service.
Mrs. Mary A. Staples was appointed matron, and her calls have
been promptly made. She is kind to the female prisoners, and faith-
ful in the discharge of her duties.
mayor's inaugural address of 1895. 55
There are some patrolmen — two or three in number — who
should be provided with some light work, or retired. Their places on
the street could be taken by men m the reserve force, should it be
estabhshed. With this exception the force will compare favorably
with any of its numbers in the State.
OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
During the early part of the year the Board of Overseers of the
Poor were actively engaged, owing to the general depression of busi-
ness, and consequent hard times. Many men were out of employ-
ment and required some assistance. The Board has aided 1,188 per-
sons, representing 268 famihes, an increase of 294 persons and 30
families, compared with 1893.
There are now 56 insane patients in the State lunatic hospitals
and private families, and 27 sane persons are being supported in out-
of-town almshouses and private families.
The finances of the Board have been well managed, the net ex-
penses of the department being about $17,000.
The Board at its last meeting expressed the earnest desire that
something may be done at the beginning of the present year in re-
gard to providing a suitable house for the unfortunate poor. If an
almshouse were ready for occupancy to-day, there are nearly 50 per-
sons who would be admitted at once. The hope of the overseers to
obtain an almshouse has been long deferred. Year after year a
similar request has been made, but nothing of a definite nature has
been accomplished. To my mind there is an element of pathos in the
attitude of these successive Boards. They have pleaded for the poor.
Some one has said, "The recommendation for an almshouse in Somer-
ville is a safe one to make." These overseers are business men,
identified with the interests of Somerville. They have had experience
in the care of the poor. Personally, I have no doubt that the present
system of boarding out the poor is much the cheaper method. But
is it the wisest and most humane method? Is it best for the good
name of Somerville? Before making a formal recommendation upon
this subject, I suggest that the overseers be authorized to hire a house
for the proper accommodation of those needing full support, if a suit-
able one can be found in the city.
56 • ANNUAL REPORTS.
During the year many persons have been aided with money, cloth-
ing and work, and others kept from pauperism and city relief by the
Board of Associated Charities, organized a little more than a year
ago. This body dispenses in a practical and effective manner the
private contributions of the charitable. It receives no appropriation
from the city, but labors in harmony with all organizations for the re-
lief of the indigent,
SOMERVILLE MYSTIC WATER BOARD.
This Board has been actively employed during the year in the
regular work of the department, and in relaying with cast-iron pipe
nearly live miles of streets, replacing old cement pipe of sizes ranging
from two to eight inches. The length of pipe extended is about two
and one-fourth miles. The net increase of hydrants set has been
61, or nearly twice the net increase for 1893, and 361 service pipes
have been put in, the total length being 7,890 feet.
The new regulations relative to services, which were adopted by
the Board early in 1894, provide for the laying of the pipes to the
street line only, thus causing a decrease in number of feet laid from
that of previous years.
The work of principal importance has been the relaying with cast-
iron pipe of Somerville avenue, from Central street to Elm street,
about 1,720 feet; Elm street, from Somerville avenue to Willow ave-
nue, about 2,800 feet ; Highland avenue, from Walnut street ta
Central street, about 2,900 feet ; Summer street, from Preston street
to Cherry street, extending the same to Willow avenue, about 5,000
feet ; Marshall street, from Broadway to Pearl street, about 1,675 feet.
There has also been laid new pipe in Wallace, Irving, Orchard,
Craigie streets and Linden avenue, over 1,000 feet each ; and a large
number of streets requiring an average of 500 feet each.
ELECTRIC LIGHTS AND LINES.
The Superintendent reports that during the year 30 arc and 21
incandescent lights have been added, and 22 incandescent lights have
been discontinued. The number of arc lights added the year before
was 41, or 11 more than the number added last year. There are now
in use 348 arc, 209 incandescent, and three oil lamps.
mayor's inaugural address of 1895. 57
The fire alarm has been transferred to the central fire station,
the entire upper story being devoted to electrical apartments. A
large battery room, capable of holding 1,000 jars, provides for the
future growth of the city, and prevents the past crowded condition of
the room.
A new eight-circuit repeater has been put in, with two bell circuits
combined. The circuits have been increased from three to seven,
thus affording a better protection to the city. Formerly, if a break
occurred, one third of the city was left unprotected until the trouble
on the line could be remedied ; now, by arrangement of boxes and
lessening of territory covered by each circuit, but a small portion is
left unprotected during a break or trouble on the line.
A bell of 3,000 pounds has been placed on the new central fire
station; also one on Hook and Ladder No. 2, Highland avenue.
Five new alarm boxes have been put in circuit during the year. The
fire alarm is one of the best in the State. New boxes are needed in
the isolated parts of the city, and a striker to take the place of the bell
formerly on the Unitarian Church, now placed on Hook and Ladder
No. 2. Either the old or the new High School would be a good loca-
tion for such a striker. A horse and wagon for use in repairing
breaks, conveying material, and dispatch in reaching trouble on the
line, is much needed. There is ample room for this team at the
central fire station.
SUGGESTIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS.
In view of the reports of the departments to which I have referred,
I recommend to your careful consideration and favorable action : —
1. The request of the School Board for the erection of a twelve-
room grammar schoolhouse in West Somerville, on Holland street,
near Simpson avenue ; the erection of a four or six-room building in
connection with the Prescott School ; an appropriation of 83,500 for
fitting up the manual training school in the English High School ; an
appropriation for furnishing the English High School. This school
will, in addition, require $7,500 for teachers' salaries, and 84,000 for
equipment of books and apparatus. As considerable time will be re-
quired to manufacture the furniture, it seems desirable that this appro-
priation should be made as soon as possible.
58 ANNUAL REPORTS.
2. The recommendation of the Superintendent of the Fire
Department for the erection of a steamer house on the land on Broad-
way, purchased for that purpose.
3. The appointment of a special committee to take immediate
action to secure for Somerville some of the advantages to be derived
from the boulevard proposed by the MetropoHtan Park Commission.
Both the City Solicitor and Mayor have been endeavoring to
secure some considerations of the claims of this city, but an active
committee is needed to assist in this work.
4. The organization of a reserve force in the Police Department^
and providing another armory for the Somerville Light Infantry. I
also recommend that the room occupied by Justice Story in the court
building be put in better condition.
5. The paving of Medford street, from the Cambridge line to
Somerville avenue, and such action with reference to other streets in
that locality as shall commend itself to your good judgment.
6. That an additional appropriation of $3,000 be made to com-
plete the $6,000 required to furnish necessary stacks for books in the
Public Library, in order that this work may be completed at an early
day, and that arrangements be made as soon as possible to provide
room that will be imperatively demanded when the stacks are com-
pleted. My views on this subject were fully set forth one year ago.
I am in hearty sympathy with the project, and at no far distant day
I hope to recommend a definite plan with reference to its execution,
in accordance with the desires of the trustees and the people.
7. The Board of Health will require more money in con-
sequence of the additional work to be performed in the maintenance
of a stable. The old city stable has been placed in care of this Board,
and the public may be assured that the removal of ashes and offal
will be conducted promptly and in a satisfactory manner. The
recommendation of the Board of Health of 1892 will be included in
the new order of things, and Wyatt's pit will be used as a dumping
ground.
mayor's IXAUGUR-A.L ADDRESS OF 1895. 59
NEW CITY HALL.
The views stated in my address one year ago in relation to this
subject have undergone no change, and I do not know that I could
express them in stronger language, although the condition of affairs
is worse to-day than it was at that time. Nothing that I said that
day was received with so many manifestations of approval. When-
ever the building shall be erected it should be provided for by money
borrowed on a long loan. Our S12 limit does not provide more than
enough to meet our current expenses, and the basis of our borrowing
capacity does not afford us much more than is needed for the improve-
ments carried into effect on funded debt account. It has been so
every year and will so continue. The Legislature has always mani-
fested a willingness to permit cities to borrow on long time, beyond
the debt limit, for much needed public improvements. We could not
have paved Somerville avenue in one year by any other method.
I believe that the only thing lacking in the public spirit of the
citizens of Somerville is the determination to develop and exhibit
itself. It must have some centre of attraction. In my opinion it
must grow up around this hill and centre here. This is the centre.
From the organization of the town and for many years it was the
religious centre, here, in this very house. For 42 years it has
been the centre of advanced public school education. Since the
organization of the city it has been the centre of civil government.
Our Public Library is here. The memorials of patriotism should be
here. Here, on this very summit, — the Shiloh of the town, — we
shall yet witness the development of what is grand and inspiring, and
patriotic in the public spirit of Somerville. I commend this subject
to your careful consideration.
Gentlemen of the City Couxcil : —
I have claimed your attention longer than I intended, but not
longer than a cursory glance at the affairs our city seems to demand.
Much has been omitted, which, perhaps, to your minds, may be re-
garded of equal, if not superior, importance to the topics I have re-
ferred to. They will commend themselves to you as you go forward
in the duties which we have now sworn to perform. We came here
as citizens, we shall go out public servants. The citizens have
60 ANNUAL REPORTS.
entrusted the welfare of the city to our watchful care and conscien-
tious votes, and we have accepted the trust. Let none of us disappoint
any who have placed confidence in us. I look forward with great
hope, and at the same time, deep soHcitude. Many problems yet
unsolved in the public mind await our judicious action. The tendency
is always strong to legislate along the lines of ward limits. Naturally
we are glad to do pleasant things for the benefit of neighbors and
friends, but now that we have subscribed to the oath of office, we are
expected to act for the best interest of the entire city. The welfare of
the city is the welfare of all the wards. The city is greater than the
wards. The city is not made up of, but is divided into wards. The
greater includes the less. The city is the unit. Somerville claims us
now. Somerville, with its teeming population, with all its great and
multiplied interests, Somerville — its good name, its reputation, its
municipal honor — demands all that is best in us. We will sink all
personal and local considerations, and labor, doing with our might
what our hands find to do, early and late, in the storms of misunder-
standing and prejudice, if they befall us, as well as in the pleasant
sunlight of appreciated service, remembering that "whosoever will be
the chiefest shall be servant of all."
REPORT
or THE
TREASURER AND COLLECTOR
OF TAXES.
(5)
CITY OF SOMERVILLE.
In Board of Aldermen, January 30, 1895.
Referred to Committee on Finance, and sent down for concurrence.
GEORGE I. VINCENT, Clerk.
In Common Council, January 30, 1895.
Referred to Committee on Finance, in concurrence.
CHARLES S. ROBERTSON, Clerk.
CITY OF SOMERVILLE.
In Committee on Finance, February 13, 1895.
To THE City Council of Somerville : —
In accordance with the provisions of the ordinance (chapter 4, section 10),
providing for the annual examination and audit of the accounts of the treasurer
and collector of taxes, the committee on finance have examined the report of the
treasurer, referred to them by the city council, complying also with section 5,
of the same ordinance, for the examination of the books, accounts, papers, vouchers,
and documents of the auditor and city treasurer, comparing and verifying them with
the certificates transmitted to them from the city clerk, committees, boards, and
officers of the city responsible for the receipts of public funds. The cash account
of the treasurer has been verified by the actual count of the cash on hand, and the
balances reported to be in the banks of deposit have been confirmed by the officers
of the several banks. All the members of the committee devoted the day to the
examination of the report, which has been found to be correct. We recommend
that this report be accepted, and printed in the annual reports of 1894.
The committee desire to express their thanks to the city treasurer for the assist-
ance rendered by him during this protracted examination, and to testify to the faith-
ful manner in which he has discharged the duties of his office, his careful attention
to its details, and the excellent condition of his books and accounts.
WM. H. HODGKINS,
CALVIN H. WHITNEY,
MELVILLE D. JONES,
L. HERBERT HUNTLEY,
A. C. FAIRBANKS,
FRED'K W. PARKER,
HERBERT L. CLARK,
HOWARD D. MOORE,
^ Committee.
CITY OF SOMERVILLE.
Treasurer's Office, January 17, 1895.
To THE Honorable, the Mayor and City Council of the City
OF SOMERVILLE :
Gentleme7i, — The undersigned presents herewith the twenty-
third annual report of the financial condition of the city, and a state-
ment showing, in detail, the receipts and disbursements for the year
ending December 31, 1894.
The value of the property of the city December 31, 1893, was'
$1,981,211.82. The property acquired during the year was as
follows :
Fire Department, Central Fire Station, Brastow
School lot % 22,286.43
Fire Department, Central Fire Station, electrical
apparatus and furniture .... 2,106.32
Fire Department, chemical engine and equipment . 2,498.53
Fire Department, Hook and Ladder Station, High-
land avenue 9,232.48
Fire Department, Hook and Ladder Station, equip-
ment and furniture ..... 3,719.00
Fire Department, land for Fire Station, Ward One . 6,000.00
Highways, City Stable
Nathan Tufts Park
Schoolhouse, Bingham Addition
Schoolhouse, Edgerly Addition
Schoolhouse, English High
Schoolhouse, High and English High, heating, ven-
tilating and plumbing .... 27,797.28
10,351.88
17,649.28
9,206.87^
1,837.19
44,185.33
Amount carried forwa7'd . .... 8156,870.59
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amount brought forward .... $156,870.59
Schoolhouse, O. S. Knapp Addition . . . 12,623.46
Schoolhouse, Ward Four, south side Fitchburg R. R. 16,190.10
Water Works Extension . . ^ . . . . 28,375.67
Total amount of property acquired during the
year $214,059.82
Making the value of the public property, December
31, 1894, as per Table A, $2,195,271.64.
The Funded Debt, December 31, 1893, as per Table B of the
last annual report, was $1,279,500.00.
The debt was increased during the year by appropriations as
follows :
'Fire Department, Central Fire Station
Fire Department, Central Fire Station, electrical
apparatus, etc. .....
Fire Department, chemical engine and equipment
Fire Department, Hook and Ladder Station
Fire Department, Hook and Ladder Station, equip
ment, etc. ......
Fire Department, land for Fire Station, Ward One
Highways, City Stable .....
Nathan Tufts Park .....
Public Library Improvement ....
Schoolhouse, Bingham Addition
Schoolhouse, Edgerly Addition
Schoolhouse, High and English High, heating, ven
tilating, etc. .....
/Schoolhouse, O. S. Knapp Addition
Schoolhouse, Ward Four, south side Fitchburg R. R
Sewers, Construction .....
Total amount of appropriations on Funded
Debt account .....
$ 26,000.00
5,250.00
3,000.00
10,000.00
3,750.00
6,000.00
14,500.00
15,000.00
3,000.00
1,000.00
2,000.00
35,000.00
15,500.00
12,000.00
20,000.00
$172,000.00
For which the following bonds were issued, viz.
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City Loan Bonds Nos. 1582 to 1592, payable 1895,
interest 4 per cent 311,000.00
City Loan Bonds Nos. 1593 to 1673, $9,000 payable
annually 1896 to 1904, interest 4 per cent. . 81,000.00
City Loan Bonds Nos. 1674 to 1733, 86,000 payable
annually 1905 to 1914, interest 4 per cent. . 60,000.00
City Loan Sewer Bonds Nos. 54 to 73, 81,000 pay-
able annually 1895 to 1914, interest 4 per
cent 20,000.00
Making the total amount of bonds issued in 1894 . $172,000.00
Tlie following bonds became due and were paid during the year,
VIZ. :
City Loan Bonds Nos. 1234 to 1243, interest 4 per
cent 810,000.00
City Loan Bonds Nos. 887 to 909, interest 4 per
cent 23,000.00
City Loan Bonds Nos. 934 to 938, interest 4 per
cent 5,000.00
City Loan Bonds Nos. 1033 to 1042, interest 4 per
cent 10,000.00
City Loan Bonds Nos. 1115 to 1118, interest 4 per
cent 4,000.00
City Loan Bonds Nos. 1161 to 1167, interest 4 per
cent 7,000.00
City Loan Bonds Nos. 1325 to 1348, interest 4J per
cent 24,000.00
City Loan Sewer Bond No. 36, interest 4 J per cent. 1,000.00
City Loan Paving Bonds Nos. 6 to 10, interest 4 per
cent. 5,000.00
Water Loan Bonds No. 283, interest 4 per cent. . 1,000.00
Water Loan Bonds Nos. 100 to 111, interest 5 per
cent . 12,000.00
Amoimi carried forward ..... $102,000.00
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Amount brought forward . .... $102,000.00
Water Loan Bonds Nos. 315 to 317, interest 4 per
cent . . . 3,000.00
Water Loan Bonds Nos. 399 to 400, interest 4 per
cent 2,000.00
Making the total amount of bonds paid during the
year • $107,000.00
And leaving the net Funded Debt, December 31, 1894, as per Table
B, $1,344,500.00.
RESOURCES.
Assessors' warrant for the tax levy, assessed upon the polls and
estates of the inhabitants, as follows, viz. :
Real Estate, valuation $40,598,900.00
Personal Property, valuation . . . . . 3,544,000.00
Total valuation $44,142,900.00
A rate of $15.70 on $1,000 valuation, with 14,061
polls at $2 each, gives the total amount of
tax levy $721,165.53
Borrowed on Funded Debt account to provide for the
cost of public improvements
Revenue from the Water Works . . .
National Bank and Corporation taxes
Received from County Treasurer for Dog Licenses
Received from all other sources
Unexpended balances from 1893
Total amount of resources
172,000.00
83,401.30
22,225.59
2,710.90
56,643.95
100,083.73
,158,231.00
The appropriations, credits, and balances of the various accounts
were as follows :
Accounts. Appropriations. Credits. Expenditures
and Balances.
Fire Department : —
Appropriation . . $ 43,000.00
Received for old mate-
rials, etc. . . . $136.74
Expenditures . . $48,098.48
Deficiency . . 4,961.74
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Accounts. Appropriations. Credits. Expenditures
and Balances.
Fire Department, Central
Fire Station, Brastow
School lot : —
Appropriation, Funded
Debt account . . $26,000.00
Expenditures . . $22,286.43
Balance to be expended
in 1895 . . . 3,713.57
Fire Department, Central
Fire Station, Electri-
cal Apparatus and Fur-
niture : —
Appropriation, Funded
Debt account . . 5,250.00
Expenditures . . 2,106.32
Balance to be expended
in 1895 . . . 3,143.68
Fire Department, Chemi-
ical Engine and
Equipment : —
Appropriation, Funded
Debt account . . 3,000.00
Expenditures . . 2,498.53
Balance to be expended
in 1895 . . . 501.47
Fire Department, Hook
and Ladder Station,
Highland avenue : —
Appropriation, Funded
Debt account . . 10,000.00
Expenditures . . 9,232.48
Balance to be expended
in 1895 . . . 767.52
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Accounts. Appropriations. Credits. Expenditures
and Balances.
Fire Department, Hook
and Ladder Station,
Highland avenue.
Equipment and Fur-
niture : —
Appropriation, Funded
Debt account . . $3,750.00
Expenditures . . $3,719.00
Balance to be expended
in 1895 ... 31.00
Fire Department, Land for
Fire Station, Ward
One: —
Appropriation . . 6,000.00
Expended . . . 6,000.00
Health Department : —
Appropriation . . 12,000.00
Received for permits,
licenses, etc. . . $475.19
Expenditures . . 17,917.73
Deficiency . . . 5,442.54
Highways : —
Appropriation . . 60,000.00
Received for labor and
materials ... • 8,789.77
Expenditures . . 68,298.58
Unexpended balance . 491.19
Highways, City Stable : —
Appropriation, Funded
Debt account . . 14,500.00
Expenditures . . 10,351.88
Balance to be expended
in 1895 ... 4,148.12
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Accounts, Appropriations. Credits. Expenditures
and Balances.
Highways, Paving Wash-
ington street : —
Expenditures . . 8406.91
Deficiency . . . 406.91
Indigent Soldiers and Sail-
ors : —
Appropriation . . $500.00
Received of State of
Massachusetts . .' §296.00
Expended . . . 592.00
Unexpended balance . 204.00
Interest : —
Appropriation . . 65,000.00
Received interest on
taxes, etc. . . 14,776. ?,2
Expenditures . . 54,189.42
Unexpended balance . 25,586.80
Miscellaneous : —
Appropriation . . 6,600.00
Received for costs on
taxes, licenses, etc. . 4,798.21
Expenditures . . 13,732.11
Deficiency . . . 2,333.90
Nathan Tufts Park : —
Appropriation, Funded
Debt account . . 15,000.00
Transferred from Over-
lay and Abatement ac-
count . . . 385.17
Expenditures . . 17,649.28
Deficiency ... * 2,264.11
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Accounts. Appropriations. Credits. Expenditures
and Balances.
Police : —
Appropriation . . $25,000.00
Received bank and cor-
poration taxes . . $22,225.59
Received court fees,
fines, etc. . . . 5,806.25
Expenditures . . $50,323.39
Unexpended balance . 2,708.45
Police Station Incident-
als : —
Appropriation . . 3,500.00
Transferred from School-
house Incidentals ac-
count . . . 600.00
Received for rent, etc. . 307.00
Expenditures . . 4,966.80
Deficiency . . . 559.80
Printing and Stationery : —
Appropriation . . 6,500.00
Expenditures . . 6,177.79
Unexpended balance . 322.21
Public Grounds : —
Appropriation . . 4,500.00
Received for labor, etc. 18.00
Expenditures . . 4,705.94
Deficiency ... 187.94
Public Library : —
Balance from 1893 . 23.36
Appropriation . ^ . 6,500.00
Received for dog licens-
es, fines, etc. . . 3,044.12
Expenditures . . 9,557.93
Balance to be expended
in 1895 ... * 9.55
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Accounts. Appropriations. Credits. Expenditures
and Balances.
Public Library Improve-
ment : —
Appropriation, Funded
Debt account . . $3,000.00
Balance to be expended
in 1895 . . . S3,000.00
Reduction of Funded
Debt : —
Appropriation . . 100,000.00
Balance from 1893 . §5,912.07
Received income of
Water Works, etc. . 10,344.80
Expended ... " 107,000.00
Balance to be expended
in 1895 . . . 9,256.87
Relief and Burial of Indi-
gent Soldiers and Sail-
ors : —
Appropriation . . 4,000.00
Received of State of
Massachusetts . . 140.00
Expenditures . . 5,580.06
Deficiency . . . 1,440.06
Salaries : —
Appropriation . . 35,400.00
Expenditures . . 38,045.03
Deficiency . . . 2,645.03
School Contingent : —
Appropriation . . 16,000.00
Received for tuition of
non-resident pupils,
etc 174.23
Expenditures . . 16,026.10
Unexpended balance . 148.13
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Accounts. Appropriations. Credits. Expenditures
and Balances.
School Contingent, Jani-
tors' Salaries : —
Appropriation . . $11,000.00
Expenditures . . $10,686.13
Unexpended balance . 313.87
School Fuel : — ■
Appropriation . . 9,000.00
Received for fuel sold . $26.75
Expenditures . . 8,948.12
Unexpended balance . 78.63
Schoolhouse, Bingham Ad-
dition : —
Appropriation, Funded
Debt account .
1,000.00
Balance from 1893
8,290.00
Expenditures
9,206.87
Unexpended balance
83.13
Schoolhouse, Edgerly Addi-
tion : —
Appropriation, Funded
Debt account . . 2,000.00
Balance from 1893 . 456.67
Expenditures . . 1,837.19
Balance to be expended
in 1895 . . . 619.48
Schoolhouse, English
High : —
Balance from 1893 . 81,482.00
Expenditures . . 44,185.33
Balance to be expended
in 1895 . . . 37,296.67
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Accounts. Appropriations. Credits. Expenditures
and Balances.
Schoolhouse, High and
English High, heating,
ventilating and plumb-
ing : —
Appropriations, Funded
Debt account . . $35,000.00
Expenditures . . $27,797.28
Balance to be expended
in 1895 . . . 7,202.72
Schoolhouse Incident-
als : —
Appropriation (less $600
transferred) . . 11,400.00
Received insurance pre-
mium, etc. . . $112.80
Expenditures . . 15,122.39
Deficiency . . . 3,609.59
Schoolhouse, O. S. Knapp
Addition : —
Appropriation, Funded
Debt account . . 15,500.00
Expenditures . . 12,623.46
Balance to be expended
in 1895 . . . 2,876.54
Schoolhouse, Ward Four,
south side F. R.
R. : —
Appropriation, Funded
Debt account . . 12,000.00
Balance from 1893 . 4,244.61
Expenditures . . 16,190.10
Balance to be expended
in 1895 . . . 54.51
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Accounts.
School Teachers'
aries : —
Appropriation
Expenditures
Deficiency .
Sal-
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Appropriations.
. $125,000.00
Credits.
Expenditures
and Balances.
1128,755.39
3,755.39
Sewers, Construction : —
Appropriation, Funded
Debt account .
Balance from 1893
Expenditures(less assess-
ments $12,112.61) .
Received for permits,
etc.
Balance to be expended
in 1895 .
20,000.00
$256.75
1,033.50
13,312.18
7,978.07
Sewers, Maintenance : —
Appropriation
Received for labor, etc.
Expenditures
Deficiency .
7,000.00
95.33
7,260.05
164.72
Sidewalks : —
Appropriation
Received for edgestones
Expenditures(less assess-
ments $9,817.31)
Unexpended balance
10,000.00
88.34
10,051.58
36.76
Street Lights : —
Appropriation
Received for old lanterns
Expenditures
Unexpended balance
44,000.00
165.00
42,955.84
1,209.16
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Accounts.
Support of Poor : —
Appropriation
Received for aid fur-
nished, etc.
Expenditures
Deficiency
Water Loan Interest : —
Received of City of
Boston, water rates
Expenditures
Water Maintenance : —
Received from City of
Boston, water rates
Received for labor and
materials .
Received from Water
Service account
Deficiency balance from
1893
Expenditures
Balance to be expended
in 1895 .
Watering Streets : —
Appropriation
Received of abutters
Expenditures
Unexpended balance
Water Works Extension : —
Balance from 1893
Received from City of
Boston, water rates .
Received for labor and
materials .
Expenditures
Balance to be expended
in 1895 .
(6)
Appropriations.
$15,000.00
Credits.
Expenditures
and Balances.
$3,368.64
15,415.00
32,500.00
196.93
147.65
7,000.00
8,026.02
•14.94
30,000.00
1,857.39
$19,733.13
1,364.49
15,415.00
596.67
31,936.90
311.01
14,975.57
50.45
30,233.06
1,639.27
78 ANNUAL REPORTS.
Accounts. Appropriations. Credits. Expenditures
and Balances.
State of Massachusetts : —
Appropriation . . $31,380.00
Expended, State tax $31,380.00
State of Massachusetts,
Metropolitan Sew-
er: —
Appropriation . . 22,230.79
Expended, Sewer tax . 22,230.79
State of Massachusetts,
Non-resident Bank
Stock : —
Appropriation . . 847.80
Expended, Non-resident
tax . . . . 847.80
County of Middlesex : —
Appropriation . . 34,317.59
Expended, County tax 34,317.59
Overlay and Abatement : —
Appropriation $3,889.35
Transferred to
Nathan Tufts
Park account 385.17
3,504.18
Received for taxes . $19.60
Applied and to be ap-
plied to abatements on
taxes . . . 3,523.78
$893,165.53 $265,065.47 $1,158,231.00
265,065.47
$1,158,231.00 $1,158,231.00
REPORT OF THE TREASURER AND COLLECTOR OF TAXES. 79
RECAPITULATION.
Appropriations as per tax
levy. . . . 8721,165.53
Appropriations, Funded
Debt account . . 172,000.00
Received revenue from
Waterworks . . 83,401.30
Received National Bank
and Corporation taxes 22,225.59
Received from County
Treasurer for Dog Li-
censes . . . 2,710.90
Balances from 1893 . . 100,083.73
Received from all other
sources . . . 56,643.95
Expenditures . 81,072,987.72'
Deficiency balances of 1893 596.67
Unexpended balances to
1895 . . . 82,550.05
Excess and Deficiency . . 2,096.56
81,158,231.00 $1,158,231.00
The assets of the city available for the payment of its unfunded
liabilities are as follows : —
Cash 8 37,713.22
Overlay and abatement ...... 4,073.85
Real estate liens ....... 964.70
Sewer assessments ....... 10,353.10
Sidewalks assessments ...... 4,989.79
State of Massachusetts, Burial of Indigent Soldiers
• and Sailors ....... 157.50
State of Massachusetts, Indigent Soldiers and Sailors 282.00
State of Massachusetts, State aid . . . . 7,312.00
Taxes 226,708.28
Water Service assessments ..... 84.40
Total am-ount of available assets . . . 8292,638.84
80
ANNUAL REPORTS.
The liabilities are : —
Fire Department, Central Fire Station
Fire Department, Central Fire Station, equipment
and furniture ......
Fire Department, chemical engine and equipment
Fire Department, Hook and Ladder Station, Highland
avenue .......
Fire Department, Hook and Ladder Station, equip-
ment and furniture
Highways, City Stable
Overplus on Tax Sales
Public Library
Public Library Improvement .
Reduction of Funded Debt
Schoolhouse, Edgerly Addition
Schoolhouse, English High
Schoolhouse, High and English High, heating, venti
lating and plumbing
Schoolhouse, O. S. Knapp Addition
Schoolhouse, Ward Four, south side F. R. R.
Sewers, Construction
Sundry Persons
Temporary Loans .
Water Maintenance
Water Works Extension
Total amount of unfunded liabilities
Excess of available assets over unfunded liabilities
6 3,713.57
3,143.68
50L47
767.52
31.00
4,148.12
102.13
9.55
3,000.00
9,256.87
619.48
37,296.67
7,202.72
2,876.54
54.51
7,978.07
1,890.10
206,000.00
311.01
1,639.27
$290,542.28
2,096.56
$292,638.84
The financial condition of the city, exclusive of
its public property, is as follows :
City Loan Bonds bearing interest at 4 per cent. . $444,000.00
" 4J per cent. . 233,000.00
" " " " " " b " " . 165,000.00
Amount carried forward .
$842,000.00
REPORT OF THE TREASURER AXD COLLECTOR OF TAXES. 81
Amount brought forward ..... 8842,000.00
City Loan Paviug Bonds bearing interest at 4 per cent. 90,000.00
City Loan Sewer Bonds " " '' 4 '' '' 20,000.00
City Loan Sewer Bonds bearing interest at 4^ per
cent 17,000.00
City Loan Sewer Bonds bearing interest at 5 per
cent 35,000.00
Water Loan Bonds bearing interest at 4 per cent. . 248,000.00
'' " '' '' '' '' 5 '' " . 82,500.00
" " " " " " bh per cent. . 10,000.00
Total Funded Debt, city loan 81,004,000.00
" " '' water loan 340,500.00
61,344,500.00
Total cash receipts for the year, including a balance
of $53,488.07 from the year 1893 . . 81,705,670.15
Total cash disbursements ..... 1,667,956.93
Leaving in the treasury the sum of . . 837,713.22
A detailed statement of the public propert}^, funded debt, and the
receipts and disbursements of the various accounts will be found in the
following appendix.
Respectfully submitted,
JOHN F. COLE,
Treasurer and Collector of Taxes.
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S
REPORT.
TABLE A.
PUBLIC PROPERTY DECEMBER 31, 1894.
Central Hill land (13 acres, 5,032 feet)
City Hall .... 812,000.00
Furniture .... 3,000.00
Public Library building . . . 25,000.00
Public Library . . . 25,000.00
Central Fire Station . . . 10,000.00
Furniture .... 500.00
Engine No. 1 and apparatus . 4,000.00
Hose wagon and apparatus . 2,000.00
High Schoolhouse .... 40,000.00
Furniture .... 3,500.00
Philosophical apparatus . . 500.00
Prescott Schoolhouse, land (21,444
feet) and building . . 45,000.00
Furniture .... 2,000.00
Luther V. Bell Schoolhouse, land
(23,396 feet) and building . 45,000.00
Furniture .... 2,000.00
Amount carried forward
$200,000.00
15,000.00
50,000.00
16,500.00
44,000.00
47,000.00
47,000.00
$419,500.00
84 ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amount brought forward ..... $419,500.00
Forster Schoolhouse, land (27,499
feet) and building •. . $45,000.00
Furniture .... 2,000.00
47,000.00
Morse Schoolhouse, land (29,109
feet) and building . . 45,000.00
Furniture .... 2,000.00
Edgerly Schoolhouse, land (26,428
feet) and building . . 45.000.00
Furniture .... 2,000.00
Highland Schoolhouse, land (23,260
feet) and building . . 46,837.19
Furniture .... 2,000.00
Charles G. Pope Schoolhouse, land
(27,236 feet) and building . 60,000.00
Furniture .... 2,000.00
Jacob T. Glines Schoolhouse, land
(28,800 feet) and building . 45,000.00
Furniture . . . . 1,400.00
O. S. Knapp Schoolhouse, land
(24,517 feet) and building . 44,023.46
Furniture . . . . 2,000.00
Bingham Schoolhouse, land (21,017
feet) and building . . 36,506.87
Furniture .... 1,400.00
Davis Schoolhouse, land (38,152
feet) and building . . 25,000.00
Furniture .... 700.00
47,000.00
47,000.00
48,837.19
62,000.00
46,400.00
46,023.46
37,906.87
25,700.00
Amount carried forward ..... $827,367.52
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT. 85
Amount brought forward ..... 8827,367.52
George W. Durell Schoolhouse, land
(13,883 feet) and building . S15,490.10
Furniture .... 700.00
16,190.10
Cummings Schoolhouse, land (11,300
feet) and building . . . 15,000.00
Furniture .... 700.00
Prospect Hill Schoolhouse, land
(25,315 feet) and building . 20,000.00
Furniture .... 1.000.00
Lincoln Schoolhouse, land (17,662
feet) and building . . 14,000.00
Furniture .... 700.00
Jackson Schoolhouse, land (11,212
feet) and building . . 8,000.00
Furniture .... 600.00
Bennett Schoolhouse, land (20,560
feet) and building . . 10,000.00
Furniture .... 600.00
Webster Schoolhouse, land (11,050
feet) and building . . 8,000.00
Furniture .... 600.00
Harvard Schoolhouse, land (9,810
feet) and building . . 3,500.00
Furniture .... 100.00
FrankHn Schoolhouse, land (33,017
feet) and building . . 15,000.00
Furniture .... 600.00
15,700.00
21,000.00
14,700.00
8,600.00
10,600.00
8,600.00
3,600.00
15,600.00
Amount carried forward . .... $941,957.62
86 ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amount brought forward .... $941,957.62
Beech Street Schoolhouse, land (6,000
feet) and building . . $4,500.00
Furniture 300.00
4,800.00
Spring Hill Schoolhouse, land (4,991
feet) and building . . . 1,500.00
Furniture 100.00
Burns Schoolhouse, land (16,080 feet)
and building .... 15,000.00
Furniture 700.00
City Farm, land (10 acres, 12,523
feet)
Cedar Street Schoolhouse .
Furniture .....
City Stables and dwelling-houses
Equipments for highway repairs .
Watering carts and sheds .
No. 1 Fire Station, land (4,312 feet)
and building ....
Furniture .....
Hose wagon No. 1 and apparatus
No. 2 Fire Station, land (5,400 feet)
and building .
Furniture .....
Hose wagon No. 2 and apparatus
No. 3 Fire Station, land (5,226 feet)
and building ....
Furniture .....
Hose wagon No. 3 and apparatus
Hook and ladder, truck and
apparatus ....
Amount carried forward .
1,600.00
15,700.00
40,000.00
700.00
100.00
800 00
17,351.88
. . .
15,000.00
.
5,000.00
2,500.00
400.00
1,500.00
4 400 00
8,000.00
Tt , rr \J v/ . V V
400.00
1,500.00
9 900 00
9,000.00
%J ^ \J \j \j •\J \j
400.00
1,500.00
3,400.00
14,300.00
. . .
$1,070,809.50
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR S REPORT.
87
Amount brought forward . . . . .
No. 4 Fire Station, land (9,100 feet)
and building . . . 812,000.00
Furniture 400.00
Engine No. 4 and apparatus . 4,000.00
Combination wagon and appara-
tus 2,500.00
No. 5 Fire Station, land (39,456 feet)
and building .... 16,000.00
Furniture 400.00
Hose wagon No. 5 and apparatus 1,500.00
Hook and Ladder Station No. 2, land (9,902.7 square
feet) and building, equipment and furniture
(unfinished) .......
Central Fire Station, land (10,019
feet) and building . . . 31,392.75
Relief engine .... 3,000.00
Two relief hose carriages . . 1,000.00
One relief hook and ladder . 400.00
Chemical Engine A and equip-
ment 2,498.53
Land for fire station. Ward One (8,279 square feet)
Fire-alarm telegraph ......
Police Station, land (15,232 feet) and
building .... 45,000.00
Furniture 3,000.00
Police-signal system and apparatus
Prospect street, land (7,918 feet) and building
Broadway Park (cost $212,993.20) .
Joy street, land (2,960 feet)
Walnut Hill, land (10,980 feet)
Elm street, land (18,000 feet) .
81,070,809.50
18,900.00
17,900.00
12,951.48
38,291.28
6,000.00
25,000.00
48,000.00
8,000.00
7,000.00
125,000.00
500.00
1,000.00
6,000.00
Amount carried forward
$1,385,35
88
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amount bi'ought foriuard ....
Holland street, land (5 acres, 6,806 feet) .
Gravel land inWaltham (about 35 acres) .
Gravel land in Wakefield (about 1 J acres)
Gravel land rear North street (about 5y^^ acres)
Nathan Tufts Park (about ^-f-^-^ acres) unfinished
Somerville Water Works cost ....
Oliver street, land (63,069 feet)
Whipple street, land (15,240 feet) . . .
English High Schoolhouse (unfinished)
High and English High Schoolhouses, heating, venti
lating and plumbing (unfinished) .
Total amount of public property .
M ,385,352.26
20,000.00
15,000.00
5,000.00
4,000.00
47,649.28
635,969.49
7,500.00
800.00
46,203.33
27,797.28
52,195,271.64
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AXD COLLECTOR S REPORT.
89
TABLE B.
FUNDED DEBT DECEMBER 31, 1894.
CITY LOAN BONDS.
DATE.
Number of Bonds.
Rate per
cent, of
Interest.
\ When Due.
Denomi-
nation.
Amount.
January 1, 1892
1,244 to 1,253
4
Jan. 1,1895
§1,000
% 10,000
July 1, 1894
1,582 to 1,592
4
July 1,1895
1,000
11,000
October 1,1876
190 to 194
5
Oct. 1,1895
1,«00
25,000
October 1,1876
195 to 334
5
Oct. 1,1895
1,000
140,000
October 1,1889
939 to 943
4
Oct. 1,1895
1,000
5,000
October 1,1890
1,043 to 1,052
4
Oct.1,1895
1,000
10,000
October 1,1890
1,119 to 1,122
4
Oct. 1,1895
1,000
4,000
October 1,1891
1,168 to 1,174
4
Oct.1,1895
1,000
7,000
October 1,1893
1,349 to 1,372
4i
Oct.1,1895
1,000
24,000
July 1, 1894
1,593 to 1,601
4
July 1,1896
1,000
9,000
January 1,1892
1,254 to 1,263
4
Jan. 1,1896
1,000
10,000
October 1,1889
944 to 948
4
Oct. 1,1896
1,000
5,000
October 1,1 890
1,053 to 1,062
4
Oct. 1,1896
1,000
10,000
October 1,1890
1,123 to 1,126
4
Oct. 1,1896
1,000
4,000
October 1,1891
1,175 to 1,181
4
Oct. 1,1896
1,000
7,000
October 1,1893
1,373 to 1,396
4-i-
2
Oct. 1,1896
1,000
24,000
January 1,1892
1,264 to 1,273
4"^
Jan. 1,1897
1,000
10,000
July 1, 1888
910 to 913
4
July 1,1897
1,000
4,000
July 1, 1894
1,602 to 1,610
4
Julyl, 1897
1,000
9,000
October 1,1889
949 to 969
4
Oct.1,1897
1,000
21,000
October 1,1890
1,063 to 1,072
4
Oct. 1,1897
1,000
10,000
October 1,1890
1,127 to 1,130
4
Oct.1,1897
1,000
4,000
October 1,1891
1,182 to 1,188
4
Oct.1,1897
1,000
7,000
October 1,1893
1,397 to 1,420
41
2"
Oct.1,1897
1,000
24,000
January 1,1892
1,274 to 1,283
4
Jan. 1,1898
1,000
10,000
July 1, 1894
1,611 to 1,619
4
July 1,1898
1,000
9,000
October 1,1889
970 to 993
4
Oct. 1,1898
1,000
24,000
Amount
carried forwar
d .
$437,000
90 ANNUAL REPORTS.
TABLE B. — CITY LOAN BONDS.— C^«/2«z^^fl'.
DATE.
Number of Bonds.
Rate per
cent, of
Interest
When Due.
Denomi-
nation.
Amount.
Amount
b ro ugh tfo rwa r
1,073 to 1,082
d .
$437,000
October 1,1890
4
Oct. 1,1898
$1,000
10,000
October 1,1890
1,131 to 1,134
4
Oct.l
,1898
1,000
4,000
October 1,1891
1,189 to 1,195
4
Oct. 1
,1898
1,000
7,000
October 1,1893
1,421 to 1,444
4^
Oct. 1
,1898
1,000
24,000
January 1, 1892
1,284 to 1,293
4
Jan. 1
,1899
1,000
10,000
July 1, 1894
1,620 to 1,628
4
Julyl
,1899
1,000
9,000
October 1,1889
994 to 1,002
4
Oct.l
,1899
1,000
9,000
October 1,1890
1,083 to 1,092
4
Oct.l
,1899
1,000
10,000
October 1,1890
1,135 to 1,138
4
Oct.l
1899
1,000
4,000
October 1,1891
1,196 to 1,202
4
Oct.l.
1899
1,000
7,000
October 1,1893
1,445 to 1,468
41
^2,
Oct.l^
1899
1,000
24,000
January 1,1892
1,294 to 1,303
4
Jan. 1.
1900
1,000
10,000
July 1, 1894
1,629 to 1,637
4
Julyl
,1900
1,000
9,000
October 1,1890
1,093 to 1,102
4
Oct.l,
1900
1,000
10,000
October 1,1890
1,139 to 1,142
4
Oct.l,
1900
1,000
4,000
October 1,1891
1,203 to 1,208
4
Oct.l
1900
1,000
6,000
October 1,1893
1,469 to 1,492
4i
^2
Oct.l.
1900
1,000
24,000
January 1,1892
1,304 to 1,313
4
Jan. 1,
1901
1,000
10,000
July 1, 1894
1,638 to 1,646
4
Julyl,
1901
1,000
9,000
October 1,1890
1,143 to 1,146
4
Oct.l,
1901
1,000
4,000
October 1,1891
1,209 to 1,211
4
Oct.l,
1901
1,000
3,000
October 1,1893
1,493 to 1,516
4i
2
Oct.l,
1901
1,000
24,000
January 1, 1892
1,314 to 1,323
4
Jan. 1,
1902
1,000
10,000
July 1, 1894
1,647 to 1,655
4
July 1,
1902
1,000
9,000
October 1,1891
1,212 to 1,214
4
Oct.l,
1902
1,000
3,000
October 1,1893
1,517 to 1,546
4i
2
Oct.l,
1902
1,000
30,000
July 1, 1894
1,656 to 1,664
4
July 1,
1903
1,000
9,000
October 1,1891
1,215 to 1,217
4
Oct.l,
1903
1,000
3,000
Octoberl,1893
1,547 to 1,581
4i
2
Oct.l,
1903
1,000
35,000
July 1, 1894
1,665 to 1,673
canHed foi'wai'
4
d .
Julyl,
1904
1,000
9,000
Amount
$776,000
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
91
TABLE B. — CITY LOAN ^O^DS.—Co7ichided.
DATE.
Number of Bonds.
Rate per
cent, of
Interest
When Due.
Denomi-
nation.
Amount.
Amount
b ro ugh t forwar
d .
• « • •
...
8776,000
Octoberl,1891
1,218 to 1,220
4
Oct.1,1904
81,000
3,000
July 1, 1894
1,674 to 1,679
4
July 1,1905
1,000
6,000
October 1,1891
1,221 to 1,223
4
Oct. 1,1905
1,000
3,000
July 1, 1894
1,680 to 1,685
4
July 1,1906
1,000
6,000
July 1, 1894
1,686 to 1,691
4
July 1,1907
1,000
6,000
July 1, 1894
1,692 to 1,697
4
July 1,1908
1,000
6,000
July 1, 1894
1,698 to 1,703
4
July 1,1909
1,000
6,000
July 1, 1894
1,704 to 1,709
4
Tulyl,1910
1,000
6,000
July 1, 1894
l,710to 1,715
4
July 1,1911
1,000
6,000
July 1, 1894
1,716 to 1,721
4
July 1,1912
1,000
6,000
July 1, 1894
1,722 to 1,727
4
July 1,1913
1,000
6,000
July 1, 1894
1,728 to 1,733
4
Julyl, 1914
1,000
6,000
Total
amount of City
Loan
Bonds .
8842,000
y^
ANNUAL REPORTS.
TABLE B. — Continued.
SEWER LOAN BONDS.
DATE.
Number of Bonds
Rate pei
cent, of
Interest
When Due.
Denomi-
nation.
Amount.
July 1, 1876
1 to 7
5
July 1, 1896
$5,000
$35,000
July 1, 1894
54
4
July 1, 1895
1,000
1,000
October 1, 1893
37
4i
2
Oct. 1, 1895
1,000
1,000
July 1, 1894
55
4^
July 1, 1896
1,000
1,000
October 1, 1893
38
4i
2
Oct. 1, 1896
1,000
1,000
July 1, 1894
56
4
July 1, 1897
1,000
1,000
October 1, 1893
39
4i
2
Oct. 1, 1897
1,000
1,000
July 1, 1894
57
4
July 1, 1898
1,000
1,000
October 1, 1893
40
4i
*2
Oct. \, 1898
1,000
1,000
July 1, 1894
58
4
July 1, 1899
1,000
1,000
October 1, 1893
41
4i
2
Oct. 1, 1899
1,000
1,000
July 1, 1894
59
4
July 1, 1900
1,000
1,000
October 1, 1893
42
^2"
Oct. 1, 1900
1,000
1,000
July 1, 1894
60
4
July 1, 1901
1,000
1,000
October 1, 1893
43
41
2
Oct. 1, 1901
1,000
1,000
July 1, 1894
61
4
July 1, 1902
1,000
1,000
October 1, 1893
44
41
^2
Oct. 1, 1902
1,000
1,000
July 1, 1894
62
4
July 1, 19U3
1,000
1,000
October 1, 1893
45
41
2"
Oct. 1, 1903
1,000
1,000
July 1, 1894
63
4
July 1, 1904
1,000
1,000
October 1, 1893
46
4i
Oct. 1, 1904
1,000
1,000
July 1, 1894
64
4
July 1, 1905
1,000
1,000
October 1, 1893
47
^
Oct. 1, 1905
1,000
1,000
July 1, 1894
•65
4
July 1, 1906
1,000
1,000
October 1, 1893
48
4i
2
Oct. 1, 1906
1,000
1,000
July 1, 1894 -II
^^
4^
July 1, 1907
1,000
1,000
October 1, 1893
49
41
^2^
Oct. 1, 1907
1,000
1,000
July 1, 1894
67
4
July 1, 1908
1,000
1,000
October 1, 1893
50
carried for
4i
2
ward
Oct. 1, 1908
1,000
1,000
Amount
$63,000
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT. 93
TABLE B. — SEWER LOAN ^O^DS.— Conchcded.
DATE.
Avioimt
July \, 1894
October 1, 1893
July 1, 1894
October 1, 1893
July 1, 1894
October 1, 1893
July \, 1894
July 1, 1894
July 1, 1894
Total
Rate per
Number of Bonds.
cent, of
Interest.
brought
for
ward
68
4
51
4i
69
4
52
4^
70
4
53
41
71
4
72
4
73
4
amoznit
of
Sewer
When Due.
Denomi-
nation.
Amount.
July 1, 1909
Oct. 1, 1909 ,
July 1, 1910 I
Oct. 1, 1910 I
July 1, 1911
Oct. 1, 1911
July 1, 1912
July 1, 1913
July 1, 1914
Loa7i Bonds
$1,000
1,000
1,000
1,000
1,000
1,000
1,000
1,000
1,000
863,000
1,000
1,000
1,000
1,000
1,000
1,000
1,000
1,000
1,000
$72,000
(7)
94
ANNUAL REPORTS.
TABLE B.
WATER LOAN BONDS.
Rate pe
r
DATE.
Number of Bonds
. cent, of
Interest
4
When Due.
Denomi-
nation.
Amount.
July 1, 1888
284
July 1, 1895
S1,000
% 1,000
July 1, 1882
112 to 124
5
July 1, 1895
1,000
13,000
October 1, 1889
318 to 320
4
Oct. 1, 1895
1,000
3,000
October 1, 1890
401 to 402
4
Oct. 1, 1895
1,000
2,000
July 1, 1882
125 to 136
5
July 1, 1896
1,000
12,000
July 1, 1882
137
5
Jdy 1, 1896
500
500
July 1, 1888
285
4
July 1, 1896
1,000
1,000
October 1, 1889
321 to 323
4
Oct. 1, 1896
1,000
3,000
October 1, 1890
403 to 404
4
Oct. 1, 1896
1,000
2,000
July 1, 1882
138 to 151
5
July 1, 1897
1,000
14,000
July 1, 1888
286
4
July 1, 1897
1,000
1,000
October 1, 1889
324 to 326
4
Oct. 1, 1897
1,000
3,000
October 1, 1890
405 to 406
4
Oct. 1, 1897
1,000
2,000
July 1, 1882
152 to 166
5
July 1, 1898
1,000
15,000
July 1, 1888
287
4
July 1, 1898
1,000
1,000
October 1, 1889
327 to 329
4
Oct. 1, 1898
1,000
3,000
October 1, 1890
407 to 408
4
Oct. 1, 1898
1,000
2,000
July 1, 1882
167 to 181
5
July 1, 1899
1,000
15,000
July 1, 1882
182
5
July 1, 1899
500
500
July 1, 1888
288
4
July 1, 1899
1,000
1,000
October 1, 1889
330 to 342
4
Oct. 1, 1899
1,000
13,000
October 1, 1890
409 to 410
4
Oct. \, 18<99
1,000
2,000
July 1, 1882
183 to 194
5
July 1, 1900
1,000
12,000
July 1, 1882
195
5
July 1, 1900
500
500
July 1, 1888
289
4
July 1, 1900
1,000
1,000
October 1, 1884
200 to 202
4
Oct. 1, 1900
1,000
3,000
October 1, 1889
343 to 344
4
Oct. 1, 1900
1,000
2,000
October 1, 1890
416 to 417
4
Oct. 1, 1900
1,000
2,000
October 1, 1892
M48toa458
carried for
4
ward
Oct. 1, 1900
1,000
11,000
Amount
$141,500
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT. 95
TABLE B. — WATER LOAX ^OSD^.— Continued.
DATE.
Number of Bonds.
Rate per
cent, of
Interest.
li'dJ'd
When Due.
Denomi-
nation.
Amount.
A DlOllIlt
brought for
290
S141 500
^ M / f IfK/ *-*' fit'
July 1, 1888
4
July 1, 1901
31,000
1,000
October 1, 1884
203 to 212
4
Oct. 1, 1901
1,000
10,000
October 1, 1892
^459 to 468
4
Oct. 1, 1901
1,000
10,000
July 1, 1885
214 to 219
4
July 1, 1901
1,000
6,000
October 1, 1889
345 to 346
4
Oct. 1, 1901
1,000
2,000
October 1, 1890
418 to 419
4
Oct. 1, 1901
1,000
2,000
July 1, 1885
220 to 226
4
July 1, 1902
1,U00
7,000
July 1, 1886
229 to 238
4
July 1, 1902
1,000
10,000
October 1, 1889
347 to 348
4
Oct. 1, 1902
1,000
2,000
October 1, 1890
420 to 421
4
Oct. 1, 1902
1,000
2,000
October 1, 1892
469 to 475
4
Oct. 1, 1902
1,000
7,000
July 1, 1886
239 to 256
4
July 1, 1903
1,000
, 18,000
October 1, 1889
349 to 350
4
Oct. 1, 1903
1,000
2,000
October 1, 1890
448 to 449
4
Oct. 1, 1903
1,000
2,000
July 1, 1886
257 to 266
4
July 1, 1904
1,000
10,000
October 1, 1889
351 to 352
4
Oct. 1, 1904
1,000
2,000
October 1, 1890
450 to 451
4
Oct. 1, 1904
1,000
2,000
October 1, 1889
353 to 355
4
Oct. 1, 1905
1,000
3,000
October 1, 1890
452 to 453
4
Oct. 1, 1905
1,000
2,000
July 1, 1876
30 to 31
'H
July 1, 1906
1,000
10,000
October 1, 1889
356 to 358
4
Oct. 1, 1906
1,000
3,000
October 1, 1890
454 to 455
4
Oct. 1, 1906
1,000
2,000
July 1, 1886
267 to 276
4
July 1, 1907
1,000
10,000
July 1, 1888
291
4
July 1, 1907
1,000
1,000
October 1, 1889
359 to 361
4
Oct. 1, 1907
1,000
3,000
October 1, 1890
456 to 457
4
Oct. 1, 1907
1,000
2,000
July 1, 1888
292
4
July 1, 1908
1,000 \
1,000
October 1, 1889
362 to 364
4
Oct. 1, 1908 '
1,000
3,000
October 1, 1890
458 to 459
4
Oct. 1, 1908
1,000
2,000
July 1, 1888
293
4
July 1, 1909
1,000
1,000
October 1, 1889
365 to 367
4
Oct. 1, 1909
1,000 '
3,000
AniotLiit \
carried for
zvard
S282,500
96 ANNUAL REPORTS.
TABLE B. — WATER LOAN B01<ir)^.— Concluded.
DATE.
Amount
October 1, 1890
July 1, 1888
October 1, 1889
October 1, 1890
July 1, 1888
October 1, 1889
October 1, 1890
July 1, 1888
October 1, 1889
October 1, 1890
July 1, 1888
October 1, 1889
October 1, 1890
July 1, 1888
October 1, 1889
October 1, 1891
July 1, 1888
October 1, 1889
October 1, 1890
July 1, 1888
October 1, 1889
October 1, 1890
July 1, 1888
October 1, 1889
October 1, 1890
July 1, 1888
October 1, 1889
October 1, 1890
October 1, 1889
October 1, 1890
October 1, 1890
Total
Rate per
Number of Bonds
cent, of
Interest.
brought for
ward
423 to 424
4
294
4
368 to 370
4
426 to 427
4
295
4
371 to 373
4
428 to 429
4
296
4
374 to 376
4
430 to 431
4
297
4
377 to 379
4
432 to 433
4
298
4
380 to 382
4
434 to 435
4
299
4
383 to 384
4
436 to 437
4
300
4
385 to 386
4
438 to 439
4
301
4
387 to 388
4
440 to 441
4
302
4
389 to 390
4
442 to 443
4
391 to 392
4
444 to 445
4
446 to 447
4
amotnit of
Water
When Due.
Oct. 1
July 1
Oct. 1
Oct. 1
July 1
Oct. 1
Oct. 1
July 1
Oct. 1
Oct. 1
July 1
Oct. 1
Oct. 1
July 1
Oct. 1
Oct. 1
July 1
Oct. 1
Oct. 1
July 1
Oct. 1
Oct. 1
July 1
Oct. 1
Oct. 1
July 1
Oct. 1
Oct. 1
Oct. 1
Oct. 1
Oct. 1
1909
1910
1910
1910
1911
1911
1911
1912
1912
1912
1913
1913
1913
1914
1914
1914
1915
1915
1915
1916
1916
1916
1917
1917
1917
1918
1918
1918
1919
1919
1920
Loan Bonds
Denomi-
nation.
$1,000
1,000
1,000
1,000
1,000
1,000
1,000
1,000
1,000
1,000
1,000
1,000
1,000
1,000
1,000
1,000
1,000
1,000
1,000
1,000
1,000
1,000
1,000
1,000
1,000
1,000
1,000
1,000
1,000
1,000
1,000
Amount.
$282,500
2,000
1,000
3,000
2,000
1,000
3,000
2,000
1,000
3,000
2,000
1,000
3,000
2,000
1,000
3,000
2,000
1,000
2,000
2,000
1,000
2,000
2,000
1,000
2,000
2,000
1,000
2,000
2,000
2,000
2,000
2,000
$340,500
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR S REPORT.
97
TABLE B. — Contimied.
CITY LOAN PAVING BONDS.
DATE.
October 1
October 1
October 1
October 1
October 1
October 1
October 1
October 1
October 1
October 1
October 1
October 1
October 1
October 1
October 1
October 1
October 1
October 1
1892
1892
1892
1892
1892
1892
1892
1892
1892
1892
1892
1892
1892
1892
1892
1892
1892
1892
Total
Rate per
Number of Bonds.
cent, of
Interest.
4
11 to 15
16 to 20
4
21 to 25
4
26 to 30
4
31 to 35
4
36 to 40
4
41 to 45
4
46 to 50
4
51 to 55
4
56 to 60
4
61 to 65
4
m to 70
4
71 to 75
4
76 to 80
4
81 to 85
4
86 to 90
4
91 to 95
4
96 to 100
4
amount of
Pav
Oct. 1
Oct. 1
Oct. 1
Oct. 1
Oct. 1
Oct. 1
Oct. 1
Oct. 1
Oct. 1
Oct. 1
Oct. 1
Oct. 1
Oct. 1
Oct. 1
Oct. 1
Oct. 1
Oct. 1
Oct. 1
ing Bonds
Due.
Denomi-
nation.
1895
$1,000
1896
1,000
1897
1,000
1898
1,000
1899
1,000
1900
1,000
1901
1,000
1902
1,000
1903
1,000
1904
1,000
1905
1,000
1906
1,000
1907
1,000
1908
1,000
1909
1,000
1910
1,000
1911
1,000
1912
is .
1,000
Amount.
$5,000
5,000
5,000
5,000
5,000
5,000
5,000
5,000
5,000
5,000
5,000
5,000
5,000
5,000
5,000
5,000
5,000
5,000
$90,000
RFXAPITULATION.
City Loan Bonds
Sewer Loan Bonds .
Water Loan Bonds
City Loan Paving Bonds
Total amount of Funded Debt
$842,000
72,000
340,500
90,000
$1,344,500
98
ANNUAL REPORTS.
TABLE C.
STATEMENT OF ACCOUNTS SHOWING APPROPRIATIONS,
EXPENDITURES, ETC., TO DECEMBER 31, 1894.
APPROPRIATIONS.
Credit.
Taxes, amount assessed
Property and Debt balance
Debit.
Fire Department . . . .
Fire Department, Central Fire Station
Fire Department, Central Fire Station,
Electrical Apparatus and Furni-
ture . . . . .
Fire Department, Chemical Engine
and Equipment
Fire Department, Hook and Ladder
station. Highland Avenue
Fire Department, Hook and Ladder
Station, Tlighland Avenue,
Equipment, etc.
Fire Department, Land for Fire Station,
Ward One
Health Department .
Highways ....
Highways, City Stable
Indigent Soldiers and Sailors
• Interest . . . . .
Miscellaneous ....
Nathan Tufts Park .
Police . . . ...
Amounts carried forward .
S628,500.00
172,000.00
$800,500.00
543,000.00
26,000.00
5,250.00
3,000.00
10,000.00
3,750.00
6,000.00
12,000.00
60,000.00
14,500.00
500.00
65,000.00
6,600.00
15,000.00
25,000.00
^295,600.00 $800,500.00
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AXD COLLECTOR S REPORT.
99
A moun ts bi'ough t forwa rd
Police Station IncideDtals
Printing and Stationery
Public Grounds
Public Library
Public Library Improvement
Reduction of Funded Debt
Relief and Burial of Indigent Soldiers
and Sailors
Salaries .....
School Contingent
School Contingent, Janitors' Salarie
School Fuel ....
Schoolhouse, Bingham Addition
Schoolhouse, Edgerly Addition .
Schoolhouse, High and English High,
Heating, Ventilating and
Plumbing
Schoolhouse Incidentals
Schoolhouse, O. S. Knapp Addition
Schoolhouse in Ward Four, south
side Fitchburg R. R.
School Teachers' Salaries .
Sewers, Construction
Sewers, Maintenance
Sidewalks . . .
Street Lights
Support of Poor
Watering Streets
8295,600.00
3,500.00
6,500.00
4,500.00
6,500.00
3,000.00
100,000.00
4,000.00
35,400.00
16,000.00
11,000.00
9,000.00
1,000.00
2,000.00
35,000.00
12,000.00
15,500.00
12,000.00
125,000.00
20,000.00
7,000.00
10,000.00
44,000.00
15,000.00
7,000.00
8800,500.00
8800,500.00
CASH.
Credit.
County of Middlesex
Fire Department ....
Fire Department, Central Fire Station
834,317.59
48,098.48
22,286.43
Amount candied foj'wai'd
8104,702.50
100
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amount brought fo7'ward
Fire Department, Central Fire Station, Electrical Ap
paratus and Furniture ....
Fire Department, ('hemical Engine and Equipment
Fire Department, Hook and Ladder Station, High
land Avenue
Fire Department, Hook and Ladder Station, High
land Avenue, Equipment, etc
Fire Department,. Land for Fire Station, Ward One
Funded Debt
Health Department
Highways
Highways, City Stable
Highways, Paving Washington Street
Indigent Soldiers and Sailors
Interest
Miscellaneous
Nathan Tufts Park
Police ....
Police Station Incidentals
Printing and Stationery .
Public Grounds
Public Library
Relief and Burial of Indigent Soldiers and Sailors
Salaries
School Contingent
School Contingent, Janitors' Salaries
School Fuel . ....
Schoolhouse, Bingham Addition
Schoolhouse, Edgerly Addition
Schoolhouse, English High
Schoolhouse, High and English High, Heating, Ven
tilating and Plumbing .
Schoolhouse Incidentals
Schoolhouse, O. S. Knapp Addition
Schoolhouse, Ward Four, south side Fitchburg R. R
$104,702.50
2,106.32
2,498.53
9,232.48
3,719.00
6,000.00
107,000.00
17,917.73
68,298.58
10,820.04
406.91
592.00
52,809.42
13,732.11
.17,655.28
50,323.39
4,966.80
6,177.79
4,705.94
9,557.93
5,630.06
38,045.03
16,026.10
10,686.13
8,948.12
9,206.87
1,837.19
44,185.33
27,797.28
15,122.39
12,623.46
16,190.10
Amount carried forward
$699,520.81
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
101
Amount drought forward
School Teachers' Salaries
Sewers, Construction
Sewers, Maintenance
Sidewalks . . .
State Aid
State of Massachusetts
State of Massachusetts, Metropolitan Sewer .
State of Massachusetts, Non-resident Bank Stock
Street Lights .
Sundry Persons
Support of Poor
Temporary Loans .
Water Loan Interest
Water Maintenance
Water Services
Watering Streets
Water Works Extension
Balance to debit in account 1895
6699,520.81
128,779.39
25,191.29
7,260.05
19,837.22
7,451.00
31,380.00
22,230.79
847.80
42,955.84
592.50
19,733.13
563,800.00
15,100.00
31,936.90
6,131.58
14,975.57
30,233.06
37,713.22
81,705,670.15
Debit.
Balance from 1893
City of Boston, Water Rates
Fire Department
Funded Debt .
Health Department .
Highways .
Highways, City Stable
Interest
Miscellaneous .
Nathan Tufts Park .
Overlay and Abatement
Police
Police Station Incidentals
$53,488.07
83,401.30
136.74
172,000.00
475.19-
8,789.77
468.16
14,768.27
4,789.86
6.00
19.60
28,031.84
307.00
Amou7its carried forward
8366,681.80 81,705,670.15
102
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amounts brought forward
. $366,681.80 $1,705,670.15
Public Grounds
18.00
Public Library
3,044.12
Reduction of Funded Debt
4,858.50
Relief and Burial of Indigent Sc
)ldiers
and Sailors . .
50.00
School Contingent
174.23
School Fuel
26.75
Schoolhouse Incidentals .
112.80
School Teachers' Salaries
24.00
Sewer Assessments
11,359.93
Sewers, Construction
1,033.50
Sewers, Maintenance
95.33
Sidewalks
88.34
Sidewalk Assessments
9,430.97
State Aid .
15.00
State of Masssfchusetts, Burial (
3f In-
digent Soldiers and Sailo
rs . 17.50
State of Massachusetts, Indigen
t Sol-
diers and Sailors
374.50
State of Massachusetts, State Aic
1 . 6,736.00 /
Street Lights
165.00
Support of Poor
3,368.64
Taxes ....
. 730,199.17
Temporary Loans
550,000.00
Water Maintenance .
196.93
Water Services
737.48
Water Service Assessments
6,978.25
Watering Streets
8,026.02
Water Works Extension
1,857.39
<£i 705 fi70 1 5
"
«iPl,l\Jt^,UlV/.J.t/
CITY OF BOSTON, WATER RATES.
Credit.
Cash, received of City of Boston, return on water
rates . . . .....
$83,401.30
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR S REPORT.
103
Amount drought forward . . . . .
Debit.
Water Maintenance, amount trans-
ferred S32,r)00.00
Water Works Extension, amount trans-
ferred 30,000.00
Water Loan Interest, amount trans-
ferred ..... 15,415.00
Reduction of Funded Debt, amount
transferred .... 5,486.30
COUNTY OF MIDDLESEX.
883,401.30
883,401.30
Taxes, amount assessed
Cash, paid Countv Tax
Credit,
Debit.
834,317.59
834,317.59
EXCESS AND DEFICIENCY.
Credit.
Highways, credit balance of account .... S 491.19
Indigent Soldiers and Sailors, credit balance of ac-
count 204.00
Interest, credit balance of account .... 25,586.80
Police, credit balance of account .... 2,708.45
Printing and Stationery, credit balance of account . 322.21
School Contingent, credit balance of account . . 148.13
School Contingent, Janitors' Salaries, credit balance
of account . . . .... 313.87
School Fuel, credit balance of account . . . 78.63
Schoolhouse, Bingham Addition, credit balance of
account ........ 83.13
Amount carried forward
829,936.41
104 ANNUAL REPORTS.
A77iount brought forzvard
Sidewalks, credit balance of account .
Street Lights, credit balance of account
Watering Streets, credit balance of account
Debit.
Fire Department, debit balance of ac-
count .....
Health Department, debit balance of
account .....
Highways, Paving Washington Street,
debit balance of account
Miscellaneous, debit balance of account
Nathan Tufts Park, debit balance of
account .....
Police Station Incidentals, debit bal-
ance of account
Public Grounds, debit balance of
account .....
Relief and Burial of Indigent Soldiers
and Sailors, debit balance of
account .....
Salaries, debit balance of account
Schoolhouse Incidentals, debit balance
of account ....
School Teachers' Salaries, debit balance
of account ....
Sewers Maintenance, debit balance of
account .....
Support of Poor, debit balance of ac-
count .....
Balance to credit in account 1895
.
$29,936.41
.
36.76
.
1,209.16
t
50.45
$31,232.78
S4,961.74
5,442.54
406.91
2,333.90
2,264.11
559.80
187.94
1,440.06
2,645.03
3,609.59
3,755.39
164.72
1,364.49
2,096.56
$31,232.78
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR S REPORT.
105
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Credit.
Appropriations, amount assessed
Cash, received of Star Brass ]Manufac-
turing Co., old materials .
Lorenzo W. Dow, manure .
New England Telephone & Tele-
graph Co., rebate on tolls
F. D. Weld, discount on bill
F. W. CuUiton, discount on bill .
Excess and Deficiency, balance
to debit in account
Debit
Cash, paid James R. Hopkins, chief
engineer
Nathaniel C. Barker, assistant en-
gineer
Henry Byrnes, steamer engineer
L. D. Bixby, steamer engineer
Wm. A. Burbank, assistant steam
er engineer
Irving C. Jackson, driver
Edward Ring, driver .
Thomas Daley, driver
Charles Trull, driver .
Samuel F. Stevens, driver
Melvin C. Ricker, driver
George F. Harris, driver
John Gillooley, driver
Charles H. Stearns, driver
William H. Perry, driver
Benjamin H. Pond, driver
Amounts carried forward
843,000.00
$66.64
19.00
1.50
5.85
81,650.00
600.00
1,140.00
1,140.00
999.96
999.96
999.96
999.96
916.63
999.96
999.96
999.96
999.96
999.96
833.30
420.61
$15,700.18
136.74
4,961.74
1
848,098.48
848,098.48
106
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amounts drought forward .
Horace W. Hutchins, driver
Clarence V. Cook, driver
Wm. H. Whitcomb, driver .
Edwin T. Trefren, ladder man
Richard F. Clarkson, ladderraan
Frank H. Hersey, hoseman
Arthur H. Oilman, hoseman
Oscar P. Sheltus, substitute driver
James I. King, substitute driver .
Wallace Tucker, substitute driver
Joseph H.Cribby, substitute driver
Watson H. Davis, substitute driver
Oeorge L. Blackbird, janitor
Steamer Company No. 1, callmen
Steamer Company No. 4, callmen
Hook and Ladder Company No. 1,
callmen ....
Hose Company No. 1, callmen
Hose Company No. 2, '^
Hose Company No. 3, '^
Hose Company No. 5, ''
Benjamin H. Daley, hoseman
F. A. Blackburn, lineman
Frank Draper, ^'■
James L. Prentiss, ''
Frank Nicholson, ''
Wm. J. Logan, labor .
Charles E. Shaw, labor
Arthur C. Sellon, labor
James E. Thompson, labor
Oeorge Vannum, labor
Charles A. Sputhwick, labor
James D. Perkins, Jr., labor
Alfred R. Higgins, labor
Fred F. Young, labor
$15,700.18
174.00
140.00
40.64
54.19
780.00
780.00
780.00
245.42
234.82
27.10
28.00
28.00
600.00
1,166.00
1,082.00
1,692.00
1,112.00
1,122.00
1,137.84
1,132.00
373.50
408.28
417.00
558.92
33.00
7.00
7.50
2.50
5.00
2.50
2.50
9.00
4.00
4.00
$48,098.48
Amounts ca rried fo i"wa rd
$29,890.89
$48,098.48
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR S REPORT.
107
Amounts brought forwa7'd
John E. Hill, labor
Walter E. Hill, labor .
Martin F. Lacey, labor
John Frizzell, labor
Charles W. Ferguson, labor
G. W. Bridges, labor
Harry Clifford, labcr
Melville Webber, labor
Harry Spike, labor
Martin Griscoll, labor
George Hill, labor
James E. Gould, labor
Walter Young, labor
John Regan, labor
Amos Page, labor
Charles Adams, labor
John H. Cuddy, labor
Thomas F. Culliton, horseshoeing
Cadogan Brothers, horseshoeing
W. H. Richardson, horseshoeing
H. Clement, horseshoeing .
Edward O'Brien, horseshoeing
Seward Dodge, horseshoeing
C. W. Ingalls, horseshoeing
Lawrence Barrett, horseshoeing
E. E. Olney & Co., horseshoeing
Charles L. Underhill, blacksrnith-
ing
Jacob Woodbury, biacksmithing .
H. S. Brackett, carpentering
Fuller & Matthews, carpentering
G. D. B. Robinson, carpentering .
Elijah Walker, carpentering
Horace P. Ewell, carpentering
J. F. Burton, painting
629,890.89
7.50
2.00
5.00
.5.00
2.50
114.77
76.51
1.00
1.00
1.00
1 .00
7.50
7.00
1.00
1.00
6.00
70.50
58.20
142.68
58.80
64.27
68.26
275.00
22.55
5.50
4.30
55.90
8.50
42.60
22.04
278.38
73.89
13.80
12.00
848,098.48
Amounts canied forwai'd
$31,407.84
$48,098.48
108
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amounts brought forward .
George Wickes, painting
C. Casseau, painting
H. N. Johnson, painting
J. Q. Twombly, painting
Charles Berry, harness work
Hill & Hill, harness work .
F. Ivers & Son, harness work
E. Spalding, harness work .
D. J. Bennett, harness work
P. Manley, harness work
F. L. Thompson, harness work .
Cornelius Callahan Co., harness
work, etc. ....
American Fire Engine Co., repairs
of apparatus ....
Scrannage Bros., repairs of appa-
ratus .....
Frank W. Leavitt, repairs of ap-
paratus . . . .
I. D. Walker, repairs of apparatus
E. Teel & Co., repairs of appa-
ratus ......
William T. Henderson, wagon
George M. Starbird, removing
tower .....
J. M. Burckes & Son, mason work
Thomas Preston, mason work
L. C. Seavey, roofing
H. W. Covell, plumbing
James F. Davlin, plumbing
J. B. Dupont, plumbing
George H. Maynard, plumbing
Charles A. Holmes, plumbing
John A. Merrifield, plumbing
Whitney & Snow, hardware
Amounts carried forward .
$31,407.84
125.00
15.00
4.88
122.08
100.25
112.16
16.00
48.65
35.20
10.85
2.75
522.25
848,098.48
126.45
24.03
288.25
61.70
26.60
165.00
100.00
46.00
20.00
43.30
9.77
31.45
18.98
7.89
19.28
.50
62.69
$33,574.80
$48,098.48
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AXD COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
109
Amounts brought forward . . 833,574.80
W. E. Plumer & Co., hardware . 46.23
W. Irving Heald, hardware . 10.59
W. L. Snow, hardware . . 1.75
J. A. Litchfield, oil . . . . 8.65
W. H. Ballard, oil . . . 11.15
Samuel Walker & Co., oil . . 2.94
Victor Oil Co., oil . . . 5.60
John P. Squire Co., oil . . 37.11
Revere Rubber Co., hose . . 145.35
Boston Belting Co., hose . . 472.25
Boston Woven Hose & Rubber
Co., hose .... 116.62
A. S. Jackson, repairs of hose, etc. 183.15
James Tragutha, hose couplings . 7.00
Pettingill, Andrews & Co., elec-
trical supplies . . . 297.02
N. E. Gamewell Co., electrical
supplies .... 1,075.55
Gillis & Gleeson, electrical sup-
plies ..... 18.75
Fitz, Dana & Co., electrical sup-
plies ..... 99.55
Eastern Electric Cable Co., elec-
trical supplies . . . 46.51
E. I. Braddock, electrical supplies 11.58
Charles L. BIy, electrical supplies 81.18
Municipal Fire & Police Tele-
graph Co., electrical supplies . 20.00
Edes Mfg. Co., zincs . . 81.00
Union Glass Co., battery jars . 17.40
J. A. & W. Bird & Co., vitriol . 310.40
Cochran Chemical Co., vitriol . " 23.21
Braman, Dow & Co., pipe . 23.36
F. E. Fitts Mfg. & Supply Co.,
ash cans .... 38.86
Amounts carried foi'ward . . 636,767.56
(8)
848,098.48
848,098.48
no
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amounts brought foriuai'd .
Boston Bolt Co., bolts
L. A. Wright, bolts
Birch Brothers, wrench
Davis, Stebbins & Co., wrench
F. D. Hicks & Son, brakes
Extin
Co
Somerville Iron Foundry
grates
Automatic Fire Alarm &
guisher Co., supplies
H. W. Burgess, supplies
James Bartley, supplies
J. A. Durell, supplies
William F. Low, oil
Ho\ve & Flint, hardware
F. C. Fuller & Son, hardware
Francis S. Brown, tarine
Farnham & Steel, shinos
W. G. Hallock, sponges
J. E. Phipps, grease .
Leander Barber, brooms
Elias Lathrop, ointment
E. F. Chaffee, liniment
George H. Cowdin, drugs
John G. Lesure, drugs
Smith & Gould, drugs
Star Manufacturing Co., soap
Holtzer-Cabot Electric Co
S. F. Hay ward & Co., charging
extinguishers
F. D. Weld, shavings
F. C. Aver, Agt., lumber
W. P. Rice, lumber
I. H. Brown & Co., lumber
Fred Davis, whitew^ashing
J. W. Johnson, stove pipe
bell
S36,767.56
29.20
.50
1.00
1.75
10.25
3.00
2.25
12.00
11.68
9.29
11.00
42.21
10.42
2.00
2.50
13.06
4.20
3.00
4.00
3.00
3.25
17.50
3.00
1.50
4.45
21.00
19.50
13.27
28.91
1.84
15.00
4.80
S48,098.48
A7nounts carried forward
^37,077.89
$48,098.48
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
Ill
Amounts brought forward .
W. A. Folsom & Co., stove
Thomas Groom & Co., stationery
A. E. Martell & Co., copy book
W. A. Greenough & Co., directory
S. J. Wood, keys
Jackson, Caldwell & Co., furni
ture . .
Jordan, Marsh & Co., bedding
F. H. Rolfe, flannel .
Crosby Steam Gage & Valve Co.
repairs
Star Brass Mfg. Co., hangers
D. W. McDermott, painting
The Key Stone Mfg. Co., tools
Merrimack Chemical Co., vitriol
John L. Crafts, rope .
A. W. Mitchell Mfg. Co., badge
Scoville Mfg. Co., buttons .
H. A. Winship, fire hats
George W. Simmons & Co., regalia
G. F. & S. E. Sturtevant, horses
G. F. & S. E. Sturtevant, hay and
grain
Proctor Brothers, hay
E. B. Vreeland, hay
Fulton O'Brien, hay
Mary Barnaby, hay
Powers & Co., oats
G. W. Ladd, oats
J. Gushing & Co., oats
M. G. Staples, teaming, etc
H. J. Turner, teaming, etc
J. Robinson, teaming, etc.
Charles A. Mongan, use of horse
A. M. Prescott, use of horse
Amounts carried forward .
$37,077.89
32.85
24.25
3.00
2.00
3.55
86.05
19.22
.50
2.50
5.10
55.00
7.50
3.92
11.50
15.00
30.37
12.00
29.25
375.00
815.21
1,317.18
24.43
7.16
7.85
735.60
87.06
61.22
47.00
20.00
3.25
108.50
144.00
$41,174.91
$48,098.48
$48,098.48
112
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amounts brought forward
Christopher Burke, use of horse
James C. Fitzgerald, use of horse
Benjamin H. Pond, use of horse
John S. Nason, use of horse
J. H. Thompson, carriage hire
L. H. Brown, carriage hire
Howard Lowell, carriage hire
A. A. Sanborn, steam heating
Walter Bates & Son, concreting
N. C. Barker, carpentering
Harry Hunt, brass work
S. W. Fuller, lumber .
R. M. Johnson, removing soil
B. F. Wild & Co., fuel
Horatio Welhngton & Co., fuel
Charles R. Simpson, veterinary
services ....
S. H. Libby, premium of insur
ance
Smith & Robertson, premium of
insurance . . . .
Chas. S. Robertson, premium of
insurance . . .
H. W. Smith & Co., repairs of
clocks ....
New England Telephone & Tele
graph Co., rentals and tolls
Cambridge Gas Light Co., gas .
Charlestown Gas & Electric Co.,
gas
City of Boston, water for hydrants
City of Boston, water for stations
Mrs. Calvert, washing
Mrs. Walter Loveland, washing .
Samuel H. Stevens, washing
$41,174.91
48.00
11.00
7.00
7.00
5.00
29.00
21.00
575.00
68.00
2.64
4.75
8.72
4.00
270.45
770.08
86.25
37.50
42.50
367.50
4.00
90.35
573.59
108.88
3,220.00
139.00
89.64
29.74
42.23
$48,098.48
Amounts carried foi'ward
$47,837.73
$48,098.48
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR S REPORT.
113
Amounts brought for^uard .
E. W. Ring, washing ,.
I. C. Jackson, washing
H. D. & W. S. Durgin, ice .
Winter Hill Ice Co., ice
Boston Ice Co., ice
Charles E. Farnham, expressing
E. R. Perham, expressing .
Oilman's Express, expressing
Bancroft's Express, expressing
Glines & Co., expressing .
Curtis & Co., expressing
George T. Day, expressing
Cole's Express, expressing .
A. G. Renner, expressing .
Whitney & Snow, hardware
$47,837.73
39.85
24.37
48.00
20.00
12.00
53.90
2.10
4.85
.60
.60
.50
6.09
.25
.30
47.34
S48,098.48
$48,098.48
FIRE DEPARTMENT, CENTRAL FIRE STATION^
BRASTOW SCHOOL LOT.
Credit.
Appropriations, amount appropriated by borrowing
on Funded Debt account ....
Debit.
Cash, paid George M. Starbird, on
acccount of contract
A. H.Gould, services as architect
Charles L. Underhill, iron work .
C. Caseau, painting and gilding .
Highways account, constructing
driveway ....
Water Service account, service
pipe
Balance to credit in account
1895
$20,000.00
921.87
11.30
39.78
1,222.48
91.00
22,286.43
o,/ lo.o i
$26,000.00
$26,000.00
114 ANNUAL REPORTS.
FIRE DEPARTMENT, CENTRAL FIRE STATION,
ELECTRICAL APPARATUS AND FURNITURE.
Credit.
Appropriations, amount appropriated by borrowing
on Funded Debt account .... $5,250.00
Debit.
Cash, paid George W. Bent & Co.,
furniture .... $ 49.00
Fuller, Dana & Co., wire . . 173.80
Blake Bell Co., bell . . . 536.51
Derby, Kilmer & Pond Desk Co.,
book cases . . . '. 210.00
Welch & Hall, horse . . . 90.00
Eastern Electric Cable Co., cable 97.50
N. E. Garaewell Co., jars, copper
and zinc .... 204.15
Combination Ladder Co., landing
pads 50.00
E. Spalding, blanket ... 7.85
Frank L. Draper, labor on wires . 175.50
Frank A. Blackburn, labor on
wires 24.00
James L. Prentiss, labor on wires 237.51
Daniel McKennan, labor on wires 33.75
James Bennett, labor on wires . 46.25
Harry Clifford, labor on wires . 136.75
Charles H. Bridges, labor on
wires ..... 33.75
$2,106.32
Balance to credit in account
1895 3,143.68
$5,250.00
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AXD COLLECTOR'S REPORT. 115
FIRE DEPARTMENT, CHEMICAL ENGINE AND
EQUIPMENT.
Credit.
Appropriations, amount appropriated by borrowing
on Funded Debt account .... 83,000.00
Debit.
Cash, paid S. F. Hayward & Co.,
chemical engine and hose . 81,848.80
James R. Hopkins, freight . . 56.20
G. F. & S. E. Sturtevant, horses . 325.00
Charles E. Berry, harnesses . 86.00
E. Spalding, harnesses . . 67.25
F. C. Fuller & Son, hardware . 1.37
Elijah Walker, carpentering . 45.06
J. Caley & Co., engraving plate . 36.00
Water Service account, service
pipe ..... 32.85
82,498.53
Balance to credit in account
1895 501.47
83,000.00
FIRE DEPARTMENT, HOOK AND LADDER STATION,
HIGHLAND AVENUE.
Credit.
Appropriations, amount appropriated
by borrowing on Funded Debt
account 810,000.00
Debit.
Cash, paid George M. Starbird, on
account of contract and extras 88,188.45
Amounts carried forward . . 88,188.45 810,000.00
116 ANNUAL REPORTS.
Aviounts brought forward . . $8,188.45 S10,000.00
Loring & Phipps, services as
architects .... 477.00
Thos. Allen, concreting . . 156.50
Christopher Burke, grading . 55.68
Whitney & Snow, hardware . 18.88
James F. Davlin, gas-fitting . 72.00
Boston Electric Co., wiring . 77.60
Cambridge Gas Light Co., gas
pipe, etc. ' . . . . 12.99
Peter Forg, brass work . . . 1.75
Charles E. Berry, harnesses . 63.00
Water Service account, service
pipe 26.90
Highways account, driveway . 61.58
City of Somerville, taxes of 1893 20.15
$9,232.48
Balance to credit in account
1895 767.52
810,000.00
FIRE DEPARTMENT, HOOK AND LADDER STATION,
HIGHLAND AVENUE, EQUIPMENT AND
FURNITURE.
Credit.
Appropriations, amount appropriated
by borrowing on Funded Debt
account ........ $3,750.00
Debit.
Cash, paid Combination Ladder Co.,
ladder truck .... $2,217.75
G. F. & S. E. Sturtevant, horses . 400.00
Amounts carried fortvard . . $2,617.75 $3,750.00
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT. 117
Amounts brought forward . . $2,617.75 8-3,750.00
E. Spalding, harnesses . . 99.30
Boston Woven Hose and Rubber
Co., collars .... 75.00
N. E. Gamewell Co., indicator
and gong .... 175.00
Spofford & Kent, hose washing
machine .... 60.00
Fitchburg Railroad, freight . . 32.25
Gutta Percha & Rubber Manufac-
turing Co., mat . . . 4.50
Jackson Caldwell & Co., rugs . 3.70
Jackson Caldwell & Co., furniture 154.00
A. B. Franklin, heating apparatus 497.50
S3,710.00
Balance to credit in account 1895 31 .00
83,750.00
FIRE DEPARTMENT, LAND FOR FIRE STATION, WARD
ONE.
Credit.
Appropriations, amount appropriated by borrowing on
Funded Debt account 86,000.00
Debit.
Cash, paid Frank Jones and George H. Goodwin,
Trustees, lot land cor. Broadway and Franklin
streets " 86,000.00
118 ANNUAL REPORTS.
FUNDED DEBT.
Credit.
Balance from 1893 $1,279,500.00
Cash, received from sale of City Loan
Bonds, No. 1,582 to 1,914 . . $152,000.00
City Loan Sewer Bonds, Nos. 54
to 73 20,000.00 172,000.00
Debit.
Cash, paid sundry persons :
City Loan Bonds, Nos. 1,234 to
1,243 10,000.00
City Loan Bonds, Nos. 887 to 909 23,000.00
City Loan Bonds, Nos. 934 to 938 5,000.00
City Loan Bonds, Nos. 1,033 to
1,042 10,000.00
City Loan Bonds, Nos. 1,115 to
1,118 4,000.00
City Loan Bonds, Nos. 1,161 to
1,167 7,000.00
City Loan Bonds, Nos. 1,325 to
1348 24,000.00
City Loan Sewer Bond No. 36 . 1,000.00
City Loan Paving Bonds Nos. 6
to 10 5,000.00
Water Loan Bond No. 283 . . 1,000.00
Water Loan Bonds Nos. 100 to
111 12,000.00
Water Loan Bonds Nos. 315 to
317 3,000.00
Water Loan Bonds Nos. 399 to
400 2,000.00
$ 107,000.00
Balance to debit in account 1895 1,344,500.00
$1,451,500.00
$1,451,500.00
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR S REPORT.
119
HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
Credit.
Appropriations, amount assessed
Cash, received of W. P. Mitchell, per-
mits to keep swine and goats,
and collect grease .
Martin Gill, rent of land
Commonwealth of Massachusetts,
contagious cases
Sundry Persons, money not called
for
Excess and Deficiency, balance
to debit of account
Debit.
Cash, paid Caleb A. Page, salary as
inspector
Disbursements .
Martin Gill, collecting offal .
Martin Gill, use of sleds
H.M. Prescott, collecting offal
M. G. Staples, collecting offal
Wm. J. McCarthy, collecting
ashes ....
H. S. Pond, rent of land
New England Vaccine Co., virus
George H. Cowdin, peppermint
West & Jenney, sulphur
Howard Hamblin, sulphur .
G. W. Bryant, M. D., professional
services ....
Henry F. Curtis, M. D., profes
sional services
Am lent s carried forward .
.
812,000.00
8200.00
200.00
62.69
12.50
475.19
.
0,442.54
817,917.73
81,200.00
35.00
6,850.00
50.00
5.00
9.00
5,700.00
200.00
273.26
42.87
4.34
9.38
155.00
165.00
814,698.85
817,917.73
120
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amounts b?'oitght for7uard .
G. E. Hetherington, M. D., pro
fessional services
G. W. W. Whiting, M. D., profes
sional services . .
Directory for nurses, furnishing
nurse . . . . .
Wm. H. Ditchfield, services as
nurse ....
Mary Scarlett, services as nurse
Josephine David, services as nurse
C. A. Southwick, fumigating
A. F. Carpenter, groceries
A. L. Proctor, provisions
V. Bradford, fish
Lizzie McEachen, services as cook
J. H. Brooks, dry goods
E. B. Bradshaw, dry goods
Jacob Brodie Co., dry good
A- H. Hopkins, furniture
L. H. Brown, carriage hire
Patrick Kirk, compensation for
damages
John A. Dadman, police duty
Michael F. Daley, police duty
Howe & Flint, stove .
Horatio Wellington & Co., fuel
Citizen Publishing Co., advertising
Somerville Journal Co., advertising
Henry W. Pitman, printing .
Heliotype Printing Co., maps
Thomas Groom & Co., stationery
William F. Waller, labor
Charles W. Prescott, labor .
John P. Marchant, labor
Seward Dodge, repairs of wagons
d4,698.85
155.00
155.00
2.00
205.00
165.75
74.28
37.50
101.06
37.91
4.58
50.00
31.60
23.13
3.19
63.15
6.00
325.00
82.50
82.50
10.70
25.65
18.01
45.37
16.00
34.00
10.50
68.25
34.00
2.73
50.15
;17,917.73
Amounts carried foj'ward
$16,619.36
117,917.73
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AXD COLLECTOR S REPORT.
121
Amounts brought forward .
I. B. Walker, repairs of wagons .
L. A. Wright, repairs of wagons .
J. W. Coveney, rent of Post-ofifice
box . . . . .
A. T. Nickerson, car fares .
Charles E. Farnham, expressing .
Jackson Caldwell & Co., storage .
J. E. Herrick, building pest house
I. B. Kendal], premium of in-
surance .....
Sundry Persons, burying animals .
Highways account, tool house
16,619.36
817,917.73
33.30
1.50
4.00
2.00
.35
125.00
837.97
30.00
139.25
125.00
SI 7 01 7 7Q
HIGHWAYS.
Credit
Appropriations, amount assessed
Cash, received of Charles S. Philbrick
sidewalk
Lydia F. Hale, sidewalk
George B. Howard, sidewalk
W. F. Mansfield, sidewalk .
E. W. Lundahl, sidewalk
Michael Martell, sidewalk .
George G. Fox, sidewalk
David Rosenfeld, sidewalk .
Ellen A. Murphy, sidewalk .
Esther O. W^hite, sidewalk .
Isabella T. Silver, sidewalk .
Olive H. Durrell, sidewalk .
Edward Keating, sidewalk .
John L. Greenough, sidewalk
North Packing & Provision Co.
sidewalk
S 23.50
13.20
51.35
106.93
44.34
15.02
456.26
83.44
13.65
119.04
20.20
24.58
28.19
17.29
200.46
860,000.00
Amoujiis carried foriuard .
81,217.45
860,000.00
122
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amounts drought foricia?'d .
Antonio Preiva, sidewalk
Lavinia P. Fuller, sidewalk .
Luiz de Sourabettencurtt, side
walk ....
Alexander Munroe, sidewalk
Mary Dorney, sidewalk
John A. Wessells, sidewalk .
Joseph K. James, sidewalk .
Nathan E. Fitz, sidewalk
William Mullen, sidewalk
Warren P. Wilder, sidewalk
George W. Bean, sidewalk .
Edmund S. Sparrow, sidewalk
W. C. Trowbridge, sidewalk
W. G. Webber, sidewalk
F. M. Lyons, sidewalk
N. E. Dressed Meat & Wool Co.
sidewalk
F. H. Wilkins, sidewalk
Charles Drouet, sidewalk .
James Connors, sidewalk
Anthony Haderbolets, sidewalk
Frank L. Blood, sidewalk .
Joseph O. Hobbs, sidewalk
Frank A. Loomis, sidewalk
Harriet E. Snow, sidewalk .
Somerville Journal Co., sidewalk
Martha M. Sturtevant, sidewalk
Christopher C. McGrath, side-
walk ....
Barnabus Binney, sidewalk .
Mary Langmaid, sidewalk .
Heirs Samuel P. Langmaid, side
walk ....
F. M. Kilmer, bricks .
$1,217.45
7.74
61.02
15.02
64.00
24.12
81.50
118.92
51.20
34.31
48.00
20.27
111.70
23.80
87.94
60.20
282.24
99.32
9.10
30.80
42.90
61.32
63.00
53.19
16.76
55.04
95.51
168.44
17.47
128.00
185.77
12.80
§60,000.00
Amounts ca7'ried foi'iuai'd
$3,348.85
$60,000.00
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123
Amounts brought fo?'ward
J. S. Ham, bricks
Charles F. Brine, bricks
John H. Brine, bricks
David L. McGregor, bricks
William Veazie, bricks
John Stackpole, bricks
Wilbur P. Rice, bricks
G. F. Hobson, driveway
John M. Woods, driveway
Charles L. Wilder, driveway
W. O. Francis, driveway
John Sweeney, driveway
Maurice Fitzgerald, driveway
Fred. L. Pulsifer, driveway
Edward J. Llewellyn, driveway
D. B. Mulcahey, driveway .
Charles O. Lailor, driveway
George W. Clark, driveway
Edward Cox, driveway
Harmon S. Trueman, driveway
George B. Pitcher, driveway
Andrew Thompson, driveway
Charles Lynam, driveway
W. A. Crosby, driveway
Eugene Selg, driveway
Margaret H. Brown, driveway
Addie A. Snow, driveway
Catherine J. Sherry, driveway
Boston & Maine Railroad, labor
and materials
Somerville Electric Light Co.
labor and materials
Cambridge Gas Light Co., labor
and materials
George E. & Eugene H. Lane
paving blocks
Amoutits carried forward .
83,348.85
19.20
20.26
20.27
24.00
84.00
47.12
104.00
2.25
4.25
19.10
4.25
10.90
11.50
9.15
11.90
16.00
4.50
6.25
32.25
11.03
6.50
4.25
5.00
8.75
6.00
6.50
2.50
6,'2d
481.65
12.80
19.75
15.00
64,385.98
860,000.00
860,000.00
124
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amounts brought fo7'wa7'd .
Frank Gould, filling .
Frank L. Grant, horse
Asa Durgin, old boiler
Irving L. Russell, manure .
Patrick Kelley, manure
Thomas Ormand, rent
Arthur Murley, rent .
Fire Department, Central Fire
Station, driveway
Fire Department, Hook and Lad-
der Station, driveway
Health Department, tool house .
Sidew-alks account, labor and
materials ....
Nathan Tufts Park account,
edgestones ....
Water Works Extension, paving
blocks .....
Sundry persons, money not paid .
Debit.
Cash,*"paid laborers' pay rolls
Thomas H. Fames, salary as
Superintendent . . ■ .
Thomas H. Fames, board of
horses . . . . .
Frank Buttimer, teaming
Maurice Buttimer, teaming
Thomas Allen, teaming
John Cronin, teaming
T. F. Crimmings, teaming .
John Elkins, teaming
James Fannon, teaming
Martin Gill, teaming .
Amounts carried forward .
$4,385.98
116.25
40.00
25.00
57.00
50.00
72.00
64.00
1,222.48
$60,000.00
61.58
125.00
1,897.74
597.59
62.40
12.75
8,789.77
$68,789.77
$36,913.72
1,600.00
417.17
218.89
55.00
42.00
18.00
115.00
110.00
212.47
137.50
$39,839.75
$68,789.77
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125
Amounts brought forward .
Edward Grant, teaming
Henry Gray, teaming
James Hoar, Sr., teaming .
John McLaughlin, teaming
Wm. J. McCarthy , blockstones, etc
Wm. J. McCarthy, edgestones, etc
George F. McKenna, teaming
A. M. Prescott, teaming
John Silk, teaming
Frank Grant, teaming
Wm. J. McLaughlin, teaming
Charles Booth, teaming
Christopher Burke, teaming and
stone ....
Dennis Shea, round stone .
Thomas Kennedy, stone
Charles J. Simpson, stone .
L. G. Carr, stone
Clarence Russell, stone
C. T. Shean, stone
Charles B. Russell, stone .
Dennis Ryan, stone
Frank P. Ladd, stone
Thomas Allen, stone .
A. L. Farrar, stone
Howard I. Lowell, stone
N. M. Cofran & Co., bricks
W. A. Sanborn, bricks
Wm. R. Maxwell, bricks
M. W. Carr & Co., sand
J. Fitzpatrick, sand
Michael J. Fitzpatrick, sand
Fred C. Ayer, Agt., lumber
Wilbur P. Rice, lumber
Alley & Jaques, lumber
Amounts car7'ied forward .
(9)
S39,839.75
16.00
83.23
26.00
21.00
1,550.73
1,576.55
352.00
34.00
54.50
232.80
57.50
50.00
2,094.73
2,470.40
298.80
127.68
28.50
35.76
114.07
6.67
194.71
241.71
70.37
69.18
1.05
545.30
1,650,82
92.80
746.50
33.43
15.00
100.27
104.90
143.04
853,079.75
868,789.
i i
868,789.'
126 ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amounts brought forward . . $53,079.75 $68,789.77
Alley & Littlefield, lumber . . 9.35
I. H. Brown & Co., lumber . 150.00
J. E. Herrick, repairs of bridge,
etc 238.34
Highland Coal Co., cement . 7.25
Abbott, Downing & Co., brooms . 36.50
The Ingersoll-Sargeant Drill Co.,
drills 35.25
Walworth Mfg. Co., pipe . . 48.96
Boston Belting Co., belt . . 95.33
H. W. Johns Mfg. Co., covering
boiler 15.00
Braman, Dow & Co., steam pipe . 86.78
Wm. Campbell & Co., repairs of
crusher ..... 66.33
Star Brass Mfg. Co., repairs of
crusher . . . . . 63.94
Holmes & Blanchard, repairs of
crusher ..... 44.79
Miller & Shaw, repairs of roller . 667.92
David W. Crocker, repairs of
carts, etc 179.80
F. H. Flag, repairs of carts, etc. . 23.50
J. Miller, repairs of carts, etc. . 17.45
I. B. Walker, repairs of carts, etc. 132.65
A. Clement, horseshoeing . . 198.83
Edward O'Brien, horseshoeing . 231.89
Seward Dodge, horseshoeing, etc* 632.66
E. E. Olney & Co., horseshoeing 12.13
John Kellogg, horseshoeing . 1,50
George McDormand, horseshoe-
ing ..... 2.75
F. Dooris, blacksmithing . . 230.30
Charles W. Ingalls, blacksmithing 1.50
D. J. Bennett, harness work . 451.15
Amounts carried foi'ward . . $56,761.60 $68,789.77
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
12'
Amounts brought forward .
E. Spalding, harness work .
VV. H. Buskin & Son, harness
work ....
F. H. McCoubry, harness work
Ames Plow Co., cart and tools
Perrin, Seamans & Co., tools
Dodge, Haley & Co., tools .
L. A. Wright, tools
Charles L. Underhill, tools
M. Dix, oil ...
Silver Light Oil Co., oil
Harrington & Bradbury, oil
Underhay Oil Co., oil
Priest, Page & Co., scales .
Roberts Iron Works Co., boiler
S. T. Manson, roller .
J. W. Johnson, iron tank
Wm. R. Fleming & Co., freight
repairs, etc.
Nightingale & Childs, screens
Frank E. Fitts Mfg. & Supply
Co., screens .
George Tyler & Co., moulboard
Harrisburg Foundry & Machine
Works, fire door
Pigeon Hill Granite Co., stone
bounds ....
Sweatt & Gould, stone bounds
Welch & Hall, horses
G. F. & F. E. Sturtevant, horses
G. W. Ladd, hay and grain
R. W. Willey & Co., hay and grain
Proctor Brothers, hay and grain
George H. Sampson, powder
Somerville Journal Co., printing
856,761.60
62.00
25.00
23.50
236.81
132.27
5.91
16.95
4.70
6.25
73.28
29.12
7.00
277.50
875.00
7.50
10.35
376.50
275.28
7.25
30.00
2.50
30.00
9.00
535.00
400.00
3,152.74
904.03
597.79
120.92
130.75
868,789.77
Amounts carried forward .
865,126.50
868,789.77
128
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Avioimts bi'OJight forwai'd .
Citizen Publishing Co., printing .
Thomas Groom & Co., stationery
Whitney & Snow, hardware
W. I. Heald, hardware
W. E. Plummer & Co., hardware
F. C. Fuller & Co., hardware
L. C. Chipraan, painting
J. E. Parsons, zinc
W. L. Snow, plumbing
James F. Davlin, plumbing
J. P. Clisby, painting signs
Edwin A. Church, street signs
Charles E. Stearns & Son, street
signs ....
William Vogler, rent of roadway
N. E. Fitz & Co., wharfage
Horatio Wellington & Co., fuel
Baker-Hunnewell Co., fuel
Thomas Walsh, cutting paving
blocks . . . . .
City of Medford, one-half cost of
maintaining Middlesex bridge
Thomas Hollis, drugs
W. H. Way, veterinary services
David T. Bolger, veterinary ser
vices
L. H. Brown, carriage hire
Charles B. Stevens, Register, re-
cording .
City of Boston, water
New England Telephone & Tele-
graph Co., tolls, etc.
Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection
& Insurance Co., premium of
insurance . . . .
$65,126.50
97.75
66.00
166.73
119.10
31.50
1.51
10.00
.75
18.29
57.77
7.50
23.85
4.50
135.00
154.50
508.85
229.71
244.23
425.99
4.25
104.65
10.00
2.50
23.39
74.60
74.87
150.00
$68,789.7'
Amounts carried forward
$67,874.29
$68,789.77
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT. 129
Avioimts brought forivard . . 867,874.29 $68,789.77
Charles S. Robertson, premium
of insurance .... 155.00
William A. Muzzey, premium of
insurance .... 155.00
F. W. Bickford, filing saws . . 28.50
S. J. Wood, filing saws . . 1.60
Charles E. Farnham, expressing . 2.20
E. R. Perham, expressing . . .75
Oilman's Express, expressing . 23.50
Water Services account, service
pipe, etc. .... 34.95
Sewers Construction account,
catch basin stones . . . 6.91
City of Somerville, sewer assess-
ments ..... 15.88
868,298.58
Excess and Deficiency, balance
to credit of account . . 491.19
868,789.77
HIGHWAYS, CITY STABLE.
Credit.
Appropriations, amount appropriated
by borrowing on Funded Debt
account §14,500.00
Debit.
Cash, paid Lord Brothers on account
of contract .... $9,000.00
A. H. Gould, services as archi-
tect 560.35
Crimminixs & Collins, sewer . 468.16
Amounts canned forward . . $10,028.51 $14,500.00
130 ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amounts brought forward . . $10,028.51 $14,500.00
Highland Coal Co., cement . 3.75
George D. Goodrich, drain pipe 5.57
W. A. Snow & Co., vane . . 65.00
Water Service Assessment ac-
count, service pipe . . 15.00
Sewers, Construction, sewer, etc. 234.05
$10,351.88
Balance to credit in account 1895 4,148.12
$14,500.00
HIGHWAYS, PAVING WASHINGTON STREET, UNION
SQUARE TO MEDFORD STREET.
Credit.
Excess and Deficiency, balance to debit of account . $406.91
Debit.
Cash, paid Wm. H. Gore, final payment on account
of contract $406.91
INDIGENT SOLDIERS AND SAILORS.
Credit.
Appropriations, amount assessed .... $500.00
State of Massachusetts, Indigent Soldiers and Sailors 296.00
$796.00
Debit.
Cash, paid Sundry Persons . . . $592.00
Excess and Deficiency, balance to
credit of account . . . 204.00
S796.00
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT. 131
INTEREST.
Credit.
Appropriations, amount assessed .... $65,000.00
Cash, received of R. L. Day & Co.,
premium and interest on bonds 84,589.84
Sundry Persons, on taxes and
assessments .... 8,686.10
Interest on deposits in banks . 1,492.33
Real Estate Liens, interest on taxes
on property sold to the city . 7.95 14,776.22
Dehit.
Cash, paid on Funded Debt :
$436,000, one year at 4 per
cent 817,440.00
$149,000, six months at 4 per
cent 2,980.00
$275,000, one year at 4J per
cent 12,375.00
$200,000, one year at 5 per
cent 10,000.00
842,795.00
Less coupons unpaid . . . 1,380.00
$41,415.00
Sundry Persons, unpaid coupons . 1,380.00
842,795.00
On Temporary Loans :
Henry E. Wright, on note of
81,000, four months at 6 per
cent 820.00
Mary Langmaid, on note of
84,000, six months at 6 per
cent 120.00
$79,776.22
Amounts carried forzuard . . 8140.00 879,776.22
132
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amounts brought forward .
Trustees of estate of William C.
High, on note of $1,600, six
months at 6 per cent.
E. Isolia Norwood^ on note of
$2,000, six months at 6 per cent.
George H. Hull, on note of
$1,000, six months at 6 per cent.
G. T. Burnham, Trustee, on note
of $1,500, six months at 6 per
cent. .....
Blake Brothers & Co., on note
of:
$1,000, one year at 6 percent.
1,000, '
5,000, '
1,000, '
1,000, '
1,000, '
1,000, '
1,000, '
1,000, '
1,000, '
3,000, '
10,000, '
10,000, '
5,000, eight months at 6 per
cent. ....
10,000, six months, at 6 per-
cent. ....
2,500, six months at 6 per
cent. ....
1,000, six months at 6 per
cent.
4,000, six months at six per
cent. . . . .
Amounts carried forward .
i( II a II
a a ic a
a ii (c ((
a a a a
a a n ii
(I ii ii ii
ii ii ii ii
ii ii ii ii
ii a ii ii
ii a it ii
ii ii ii ii
$140.00
48.00
60.00
30.00
45.00
60.00
60.00
300.00
60.00
60.00
60.00
60.00
60.00
60.00
60.00
180.00
600.00
600.00
200.00
300.00
75.00
30.00
120.00
$3,268.00
$79,776.22
$79,776.22
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AXD COLLECTOR'S REPORT, 133
Amounts brought forward . . 83,268.00 879,776.22
Somerville Co-operative Bank, on
note of 810,000, one year at
per cent. . . . . 600.00
Margaret Lawson, on note of
$1,500, one year at 6 per
cent 90.00
F. S. ^Moseley & Co., on note of
8100,000, eight months at 3
per cent, and y\j per cent.
commission .... 2,062.50
Charles A. Skinner, on note of
$1,000, eight months at 6 per
cent 40.00
Lavinia W. Smith, on note of
8800, eight months at 6 per
cent 32.00
W. Irving Heald, on note of
82,000, nine months at 6 per
cent 90.00
Brewster, Cobb & Estabrook, on
note of 8100,000, discount at
^T(r P^^ cent., 4 months . 687.50
Trustees of estate of Mary Hutch-
inson, on note 81,900, one year
at 6 per cent. . . . 114.00
Blake Brothers & Co., on note of
810,000, six months at 6 per
cent 300.00
Blake Brothers & Co., on note of
82,500, six months at 6 per
cent 75.00
Blake Brothers & Co., on note of
81,000, six months at 6 per
cent . 30.00
Amounts carried forward . . 87,389.00 879,776.22
134
ANNUAL REPORTS.
AnioiLiiis brought forward .
Blake Brothers & Co., on note of
$4,000, six months at 6 per
cent. . ... . .
Brewster, Cobb '& Estabrook, on
notes of $100,000, discount
three months at 3 per cent. .
Commonwealth of Massachusetts,
on note of $50,000, nine
months at 3J per cent. .
Brewster, Cobb & Estabrook, on
notes of $200,000, four months,
discounted at 2J per cent.
$7,389.00
120.00
750.00
1,218.75
1,916.67
$11,394.42
$79,776.22
On Funded Debt
On Temporary Loans
Excess and Deficiency, balance
to credit of account
$42,795.00
11,394.42
$54,189.42
$25,586.80
$79,776.22
MISCELLANEOUS.
Credit.
Appropriations, amount assessed
Cash, received of Sundry Persons
costs on taxes and assessments
Thomas Cunningham, milk in^
specter's fees .
Thomas R. Roulstone, plumbers
licenses ....
Ammiel Colman, fees for sealing
weights and measures
Amounts car7'-ied foi'ward .
12,876.78
138.00
91.50
192.28
$3,298.56
$6,600.00
Q^,
$6,600.00
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR S REPORT.
135
Amounts brought foriuard .
83,298.56
86,600.00
Fulton O'Brion, public
weigher's
fees
.
14.55
License to peddle
.
25.00
New England Telephone & Tele-
graph Co., rebate .
.
15.00
George I. Vincent, city
clerk :
Recording mortgages
8462.75
Marriage certificates
. 276.00
Licensing dogs .
. 270.00
Amusements
. 155.00
Junk licenses
. 66.00
Auctioneers' licenses
46.00
Intelligence offices
. 16.00
Street musicians
23.00
Billiards, pool, etc.
. 26.00
Fireworks
66.00
Night lunch licenses
4.00
Slaughtering licenses
2.00
Naturalization fees
1.00
Copies of records
. 22.75
Transfer of dog license
.25
Real Estate Liens, costs on
property deeded to the city
Excess and Deficiency, balance
to debit of account
Debit.
Cash, paid Frank A. Fuller & Co.,
carpentering . . . .
Fuller & Matthews, carpentering
Osgood & Stevens, carpentering .
F. S. Aldrich, carpentering
1,436.75
8.35
8248.24
62.16
53.95
1.25
4,798.21
2,333.90
813,732.11
Amounts carried forward
8365.60
813.732.11
136
ANNUAL REPORTS.
A7nounts brought foriuaf'd .
C. W. Cahalan, plumbing .
James F. Davlin, plumbing
G. A. Walker, painting
J. Q. Twombly, glazing
Whitney & Snow, hardware
Howe & Flint, hardware
W. I. Heald, hardware
J. A. Durell, hardware
F. C. Fuller, hardware
F. E. Whitney, repairs
J. E. Herrick, labor .
F. J. Stanley, horse keeping
Cadogan Brothers, horseshoeing
Lawrence Barrett, horseshoeing
Seward Dodge, horseshoeing
Charles L. Underbill, blacksmith
ing ....
E. Spalding, harnesswork .
P. Manley, harnesswork
H. A. Brownell, harnesswork
Richard Tyner & Co., robe
L. H. Brown, carriage hire
J. H. Thompson, carriage hire
Eugene Mead, carriage hire
A. M. Prescott, teaming
K. M. Sturtevant, teaming .
Ernest W. Bailey, car fares
Kate W. Wood, car fares .
Frost & Adams, engineers' sup
plies ....
J. B. Dupont, engineers' supplie
Buff & Btrger, repairs of transit
W\ E. Plumer & Co., hardware
Jacob Brodie Co., dry goods
J. H. Brooks, dry goods
$365.60
5.40
.50
24.75
5.50
119.40
17.92
.44
3.27
.40
.60
20.30
812.50
22.00
8.00
5.00
2.35
12.75
4.05
1.60
10.00
173.50
4.00
49.50
28.00
13.32
119.21
28.10
69.55
1.30
44.60
2.12
5.28
3.55
$13,732.11
Amounts ca^'ried forward
$1,984.36
113,732.11
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR S REPORT,
13'
Amounts brotcght forwai'd . . §1, 984. 36
Irving W. Wheeler & Co., awn-
ings ..... 4.50
F. H. Whitcomb, cleaning carpets 12.40
B. P. Palmer, door stops . . 2.75
T. S. Buck, stamps . . . 8.25
George B. Sargent & Son, stamps 4.86
Thomas Groom & Co., stationery 32.70
Somerville Journal Co., advertis-
ing ..... 2.50
Citizen Publishing Co., advertis-
ing 8.00
News Printing Co., advertising . 2.25
William E. Murphey, reseating
chairs ..... 3.75
Philip J. Fitzpatrick, reseating
chairs ..... .85
John Canfield & Co., door checks 1.50
A. T. Carpenter, soap . . 3.05
F. F. Phipps, drugs . . . 2.85
Jacob Woodbury, steel springs . .80
S. J. Wood, keys . . . 19.35
W. W. Winship, bags . . 7.50
Tobias & Wall, bags ... 6.00
Daniel Crocker, repairs of clocks 4.00
Jackson Caldwell & Co., furni-
ture 7.89
Hatch & Farnham, repairs of
table . . . . . 5.00
C. M. Blake, newspapers . . 6.00
Jairus Mann, watching . . 70.00
M. A. Mann, laundering . . 24.00
William S. Ward, supplies . . 9.63
I. H. Brown & Co., lumber . 28.50
Frye, Phipps & Co., drill . . 2.50
John A. Keliey, teaming . . 63.75
613,732.11
Ajnounts carried foi^ward .
82,329.49
138
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amoitnts brougJitfoi^ward . . $2,329.49
H. D. & W. S. Durgin, ice . . 35.00
John McNamee Sons, granite
curbing ..... 119.25
W. A. Snow & Co., drinking foun-
tain 185.00
E. R. Morse Safe Co., safe . . 57.00
The Fairbanks Co., weights, etc. 35.60
Byron Boyd, abstracts . . 20.00
E. A. Pinnock, typewriting . 7.20
Commonwealth of Massachusetts,
ink 13.00
J. A. McLane, posting . . 144.10
S. H. Libby, services as auc-
tioneer ..... 17.70
Charles R. Stevens, Register, re-
cording ..... 13.85
State of California, certificate . 4.00
J. W. Coveney, rent of Post-Office
box 4.00
Cambridge Gas Light Co., gas . 22.27
Somerville Electric Light Co.,
lighting 345.20
City of Boston, water . . 22.00
Middlesex County Truant School,
board of truants . . . 132.86
City of Lowell, board of truants . 954.04
New England Telephone & Tele-
graph Co., rentals and tolls . 270.20
Electric Gas Lighting Co., sup-
plies 8.97
Boston Belting Co., hose . . 11.90
Horatio Welhngton & Co., fuel . 124.25
B. F. Wild & Co., fuel . . 44.25
Baker-Hunnewell Co., fuel . . 14.50
Lynn Brass Band, concert . . 100.00
113,732.11
Amounts carried forwa7'd
$5,035.63
$13,732.11
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AXD COLLECTOR'S REPORT. 139
A7no2ints brought forward . 85,035.63 813,732.11
Hasten & Wells Fire Works Mfg.
Co., fireworks . . . 500.00
Willard C. Kinsley Post, No. 139,
G. A. R., contribution for ob-
servance of Memorial Day . 350.00
Company M, M. V. M., appropri-
ation for rifle practice . . 200.00
Ammiel Colman, salary as sealer
of weights and measures . 100.00
Disbursements .... 7.15
Charles L. Ellis, salary as deputy
collector .... 1,000.00
Disbursements .... 5.00
Gertrude G. Kendall, clerical ser-
vices ..... 370.67
Alice D. Keniston, clerical ser-
vices ..... 174.67
Laura E. McBain, clerical services 178.67
Luella M. Eaton, clerical services 104.00
Elizabeth Goldsmith, clerical ser-
vices ..... 104.67
Lucia A. Manning, clerical ser-
vices 391.26
Clara B. Snow, clerical services . 51.00
Addie A. Snow, clerical services 44.00
Florence M. Grow, clerical ser-
vices ..... 54.67
Clara Z. Elliot, clerical ser^'ices . 53.50
Frederic W. Cook, clerical ser-
vices ..... 6.00
Charles G. Brett, clerical services 48.00
Frank E. Merrill, clerical services 48.00
Wm. P. Pitman, clerical services 39.00
Charles S. Robertson, clerical
services ..... 45.00
Amotinis carried forward . . 88,910.89 813,732.11
140
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amounts brought forzuard
Arthur D. Osborne, clerical
services .
George O. Shaw, clerical services
Arthur Atwood, clerical services
Wm. C. Hammond, clerical
services .
Precinct Officers
E. P. Cook, labor
N. L. Pennock, labor
W. H. Kelley, labor
VV. H. Laskey, labor
John Battles, labor
William Denton, labor
George H. Goss, labor
John O'Brien, labor .
Patrick O'Connell, labor
E. T. Peterson, labor .
Daniel H. Rinn, labor
B. F. Sheridan, labor .
Alfred Shiner, labor .
James G. Wright, labor
James L. Whitaker, labor
Margaret Hartness, labor
Chas. S. Eaton, refreshments
Henry J. Seller, refreshments
J.Tyler Hicks & Co., refreshments
F. E. Cheney & Co., refreshments
Charles Rickenburg, refreshments
Odd Fellows Building Association,
rent . . . . .
F. A. White, rent
Philip Eberle, rent
Albert B. Fales, commission as
Justice . . . . .
Wm. P. Mitchell, commission as
Justice .....
;8,910.89
12.50
86.00
86.00
70.00
1,600.00
18.00
11.00
11.00
2.00
5.00
10.00
5.00
7.00
7.00
5.00
5.00
7.00
2.00
5.00
9.00
5.00
15.50
36.00
20.00
8.55
6.75
15.00
45.00
25.00
7.00
7.00
$13,732.11
A in ounts ca fried fo rwa rd
$11,065.19
$13,732.11
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
141
Ai7iounts brought forward .
T. F. Farrington, street numbering
C. A. Southwick, census of births,
etc. ....
John M. Schroeder, census o
births, etc.
Fish, Richardson & Storrow, legal
services ....
George E. Elliot, turkeys .
J. L. Glover, turkeys .
S. S.Higgins, turkeys .
Bancroft's Express, expressing
A. G. Renner, expressing .
C. E. Farnham, expressing .
M. G. Staples, expressing .
Gilman Express Co., expressing
E. R. Perham, expressing .
GUnes & Co., expressing
R. A. R. Benson, expressing
Wm. Buckley, veterinary services
Albert C. Aldrich, return of births
Wm. H. Bailey, return of births .
G. W. Bryant, return of births .
W. A. Bell, return of births
Henry F. Curtis, return of births
George A. Coburn, return of
births . . . . .
Mary B. Currier, return of births
E. H. Codding, return of births .
Charles S. Cahill, return of births
John B. Curtis, return of births .
A. H. Carvill, return of births
A. B. Dearborn, return of births .
T. M. Durell, return of births
A. Ward Follett, return of births
P. J. Finnegan, return of births .
Amounts carried forward .
(10)
811,065.19
34.75
192.76
127.80
60.24
72.96
212.24
41.12
.15
.30
10.60
6.75
2.10
14.85
.25
1.00
2.00
6.00
3.25
4.25
9.75
2.50
1.25
.75
2.25
7.25
5.75
4.00
7.25
18.25
14.25
3.00
811,934.81
813,732.11
813,732.11
142
ANNUAL REPORTS.
A ui u n ts b ro ugh t fo rwa rd .
A. Waldo Furbush, return of
births ....
A. A. Gibson, return of births
J. B. Gould, return of births
John A. Gregg, return of births
H. A. Hands, return of births
Wm. J. Hatchett, return of births
H. A. Houghton, return of births
R. L. Lane, return of births
A. Moll, return of births
H. B. Mclntire, return of births .
George A. Miles, return of births
J. A. McDonald, return of births
H. P. MaKechnie, return of births
Charles E. Mongan, return of
births .....
Albert L. Norris, return of births
Emma J. Peasley, return of births
E. A. Sanborn, return of births
E. H. Stevens, return of births
F. W. Taylor, return of births
Anna B. Taylor, return of births
George W. W. Whiting, return of
births ....
Charles C. Ellis, return of births
Horace C. White, return of births
R. WiUis, return of births .
John F. Couch, return of births
Frederick L. Kellogg, return of
births ....
A. E. Merrill, return of births
Frank L. Newton, return of births
John W. Coveney, return of deaths
W. A. Frink, return of deaths
W. A. Flaherty, return of deaths .
$11,934.81
1.75
11.00
3.25
12.25
5.50
2.00
1.25
6.50
1.25
1.00
1.25
1.00
2.50
.50
.75
1.00
1.25
3.75
3.75
2.25
3.25
4.50
7.75
3.00
41.00
.50
2.00
3.75
7.50
4.75
41.00
$13,732.11
Amounfs ca7'i'ied forward
$12,117.56
$13,732.11
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT. 143
Amounts brought forward . . $12,117.56 813,732.11
E. H. Marsh, return of deaths . 23.75
Alfred E. Mann, return of deaths 25.50
P. H. Rafferty, return of deaths . 26.25
Francis M. Wilson, return of
deaths 5.00
John Bryant, return of deaths . 13.00
C. H. Lockhart, return of deaths 12.75
Fred S. Young, ringing bell . . 7.00
J. H. Colbath, ringing bell . . 9.00
A. B. Colesworthy, ringing bell . 9.00
A. Strahan, ringing bell . . 6.00
G. W. Littlefield, ringing bell . 6.00
Herbert E. Stone, ringing bell . 6.00
Thomas Nightingale, ringing bell 6.00
E. C. Sholes, compensation for
damages .... 200.00
Abbott VV. Lewis, compensation
for damages .... 500.00
Emulous A. Aldrich, compen-
sation for damages . . . 275.00
Margaret Reardon, compensation
for damages .... 225.00
Rosanna H. Bevens, compensation
for damages .... 173.00
Susan O. O'Brien, compensation
for damages .... 50.00
Charles H. Flagg, compensation
for damages .... 31.55
Samuel B. Fay, compensation for
damages .... 4.75
$13,732.11
144
ANNUAL REPORTS.
NATHAN TUFTS PARK.
Credit.
Appropriations, amount appropriated by borrowing
on Funded Debt account ....
Overlay and Abatement, amount transferred
Excess and Deficiency, balance to debit of account .
$15,000.00
385.17
2,264.11
$17,649.28
Debit
Cash, paid laborers .
Henry Gray, teaming .
George F. McKenna, teaming
Richard Falvey, teaming
T. F. Cummings, teaming .
A. M. Prescott, teaming
Christopher Burke, teaming
Dennis C. Collins, teaming .
Frank Grant, teaming .
George W. Prichard, teaming
John Silk, teaming
Owen Cunningham, teaming
Massachusetts Broken Stone Co.
stone ....
Quincy Paving & Edgestone Co.
paving blocks .
Wm. H. Gore, paving
Rockport Granite Co., stone step:
Fiske Wharf and Warehouse Co.
wharfage
W^hitney & Snow, tools
F. Dooris, sharpening tools
Ho\ve & Flint, dipper
J. F. Burton, painting .
T. F. Farrington, carpentering
Amounts carried fo7'ward .
1,422.36
80.00
236.25
57.50
39.52
591.75
290.23
110.00
60.75
25.00
10.00
5.00
408.97
893.18
444.03
315.00
4.00
186.11
149.91
.12
4.50
6.00
$13,340.18
$17,649.28
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR S REPORT
145
Amounts brought forward
F. C. Ayer, Agent, lumber
I. H. Brown & Co., lumber
J. E. Herrick, lumber
Alley & Jaques, lumber
Walworth Mfg. Co., pipe
City of Cambridge, use of roller
City of Chelsea, use of roller
E. R. Cheney, use of derrick
A. McLeod, moving building
Cambridge Gas Light Co., coke
Horatio Wellington & Co., fuel
Arthur J. Wellington, crushing
stone ....
James H. Bowditch, plants, etc
Joseph Breck & Sons, grass
seed ....
W. I. Heald, grass seed
Charles J. Simpson, sand
George A. Blaney, et aL, loam
Peter Leroux, manure
Franklin Henderson, manure
Chetham Parks, manure
Colman Brothers, poles
John A. Ray, police duty .
Charles E. Farnham, expressing
Horace L. Eaton, car fares
City of Somerville, taxes assessed
to Tufts, et al.
Sewer Assessments account
sewers ....
Highways account, edgestones
813,340.18 817,649.28
33.91
5.00
1.86
3.07
16.17
30.00
401.45
55.80
20.00
•
4.75
32.80
571.50
920.20
167.95
2.83
21.00
7.35 •
18.63
13.30
4.00
10.56
26.00
.75
5.88
385.17
951.58
597.59
817,649.28
146 ANNUAL REPORTS.
OVERLAY AND ABATEMENT.
Credit.
Balance from 1893 $3,542.20
Taxes, amount added by the assess-
ors for convenience in appor-
tionment, to be applied to
abatem.ents on taxes . . $3,889.35
Cash, taxes collected . . . 19.60
3,908.95
Balance to debit in account 1895 . . . 4,073.85
$11,525.00
Debit.
Taxes, amounts of abatements on taxes $11,139.83
Nathan Tufts Park, amount transferred 385.17
$11,525.00
OVERPLUS AND TAX SALES.
Credit.
Balance from 1893 $102.13
Debit.
Balance to 1895 $102.13
POLICE.
Credit.
Appropriations, amount assessed .... $25,000.00
Cash, received of Commonwealth of
Massachusetts, National bank
and corporation taxes . . $22,225.59
Herbert A. Chapin, clerk of court,
officers' fees, fines, etc. . . 4,038.50
John M. Fisk, master of house of
correction, fines, etc. . . 1,491.50
New England Telephone & Tele-
graph Co., rebates . . . 276.25
28,031.84
Amoii-nt carried forward .... $53,031.84
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AXD COLLECTOR' S REPORT.
U"
Amount brought forward .
Debit
Cash, paid M. C. Parkhurst, chief
Robert R. Perry, captain .
Edward McGarr, sergeant .
Christopher C. Cavanagh, ser
geant ....
Dennis Kelley, sergeant
Eugene A. Carter, sergeant
John F. Johnson, patrolman
John E. Fuller, patrolman .
Samuel A. Brown, patrolman
George L. Smith, patrolman
Edward M. Carter, patrolman
George W. Bean, patrolman
George A. Bodge, patrolman
Phineas W. Skinner, patrolman
Hubert M. Miller, patrolman
Edward E. Hamblen, patrolman
John Hafford, patrolman .
Albion L. Staples, patrolman
George H. Carleton, patrolman
Judson W. Oliver, patrolman
Francis A. Perkins, patrolman
Charles S. Thrasher, patrolman
Wm. H. Johnston, patrolman
Charles E. Woodman, patrolman
Arthur E. Keating, patrolman
John G. Knight, patrolman
Stephen S. Smith, patrolman
Jacob W. Skinner, patrolman
Theodore E. Herron, patrolman
David A. Bolton, patrolman
Ulysses G. Skinner, patrolman
James M. Harmon, patrolman
Michael T. Kennedy, patrolman
Amounts carried forward .
853,031.84
$1,900.00
1,500.00
1,200.00
1,200.00
1,200.00
1,200.00
1,095.00
1,095.00
1,095.00
1,095.00
1,095.00
1,095.00
1,095.00
1,095.00
1,086.00
1,095.00
1,095,00
1,095.00
1,095.00
1,095.00
1,095.00
1,095.00
1,088.00
1,095.00
1,095.00
1,089.00
1,071.00
1,095.00
1,080.00
1,086.00
1,060.75
1,060.25
1,060.25
837,541.25
853,031.84
148 ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amowits brought forward . . $37,541.25 $53,031.84
Charles W. Stevens, patrolman . 1,060.25
Ira S. Carleton, patrolman . 1,060.25
Ezra A. Dodge, patrolman . . 1,060.25
Eugene H. Gammon, patrolman 1,060.25
James J. Pollard, patrolman . 989.50
Daniel G. Simons, patrolman . 984.75
Samuel Burns, patrolman . . 612.50
Frederic H. Googins, patrolman . 610.00
Jotham Chisholm, patrolman . 562.50
John A. Ray, special patrolman . 338.50
Gideon E. Dean, special patrol-
man 2.00
John A. Dadman, special patrol-
man ..... 55.75
Jeremiah J. Meaney, special pa-
trolman . . . . . 9.00
Fred S. Young, special patrolman 21.00
John F. Cotter, special patrolman 13.00
Peter J. Savage, special patrolman 13.00
Peter Savage, special patrolman . 5.00
Cornelius J. Cahill, special pa-
trolman ..... 5.00
Michael J. Davis, special patrol-
man 13.00
James F. Henderson, special pa-
trolman ..... 5.00
Davis P. Bucknam, special patrol-
man . . . . . ■ 2.50
Louis B. Tucker, special patrol-
man ..... 2.50
Andrew F. Arnold, special patrol-
man ..... 2.50
Michael J. Fitzpatrick, special
patrolman .... 2.25
A. A. Lewis, special patrolman . 8.00
Amounts carried forward . . $46,039.50 $53,031.84
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT. 140
Amounts brought forward . . $46,039.50 $53,031.84
Seba F. Coffin, special patrolman 8.00
N. L. Pennock, special patrolman 8.00
Daniel H. Rinn, special patrol-
man 8.00
Wm. H. Blaisdell, special patrol-
man 8.00
B. F. Sheridan, special patrolman 8.00
Lambert M. Maynard, special
patrolman .... 8.00
Alfred M. Sibley, special patrol-
man 8.00
Lewis R. Stewart, special patrol-
man 8.00
Daniel R. Spike, special patrol-
man 8.00
Edward T. Peterson, special pa-
trolman ..... 4.00
William H. Whitcomb, special
patrolman .... 4.00
William H. Kelley, labor on
stable 12.50
Frank Nicholson, line man . 33.00
j\L C. Parkhurst, salary as lockup
keeper 100.00
M. C. Parkhurst, disbursements . 10.00
Daniel G. Simons, disbursements 4.98
Samuel Burns, disbursements . 8.00
Wm. H. Johnston, disbursements 3.72
George H. Carleton, disburse-
ments ..... 3.29
Robert R. Perry, disbursements . 8.00
Edward M. Carter, disbursements .45
Charles S. Thrasher, disburse-
ments ..... 5.75
Dennis Kelley, disbursements . 37.60
Amounts carried forward . . $46,346.79 $53,031.84
150
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amounts brought fo?'ward .
Eugene H. Carter, disbursements
Lemuel H. Snow, disbursements
Mar}^ A. Staples, matron
P. J. Blancbard, meals for pris-
oners . . . . .
H. B. Matthews, meals for pris-
oners . . . . .
F. G. Ray & Son, laundering
C. B. Chene}^ photographs
George D. Ford, photographs
Charles W. Dailey, use of ambu-
lance . . . . .
Scoville Mfg. Co., buttons .
John H. Kelley, badges
Pettingill-Andrews Co., electrical
supplies . . . .
Gillis & Gleeson, electrical sup-
plies . . . . .
J. A. & W. Bird & Co., electrical
supplies . . . .
David Cutter, electrical supplies
Municipal Signal Co., signal boxes
Union Glass Co., battery jars
John P. Lovell Arms Co., supplies
G. F. & S. E. Sturtevant, supplies
Howe & Flint, supplies
M. L. Vinal, stationery
W. Schuebeler, towels
J. H. Brooks, dry goods
L. D. Miller, polish
Whitney & Snow, hardware
W. E. Plumer & Co., hardware
R. M. Sturtevant, supplies .
Lakeside Novelty Co., disinfectant
Imperial Chemical Co., disin-
fectant . . . . .
$46,346.79
31.54
18.05
113.50
51.25
4.50
27.79
10.75
1.00
4.50
29.81
5.50
329,53
100.75
3L65
1.80
354.60
21.50
51.20
1.00
1.45
2.50
4.15
6.25
2.50
15.29
23.67
6.53
4.25
2.50
§53,031.84
Amounts carried forward
$47,606.10
$53,031.84
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
151
A7nounis brought forward .
George H. Cowdin, drugs .
James Bartley, supplies
Fresh Pond Ice Co., ice
New England Telephone & Tele
graph Co., rentals and tolls
Fulton O'Brion, hay and grain
Horatio Wellington & Co., fuel
Austin & Doten, ventilator .
Thomas Groom & Co., stationery
Somerville Journal Co., stationery
A. E. Martell & Co., letter book
W. A. Greenough & Co., direc
tories ....
Little, Brown & Co., books .
M. R. Warren, books .
Somerville Electric Light Co.
hooks ....
I. H. Brown & Co., carpentering
Elijah Walker, carpentering
Union Square Carriage Co., repairs
of wagon
Ezra A. Dodge, repairs
Seward Dod2;e, blacksmithinsr
J. A. Chabot, repairs of safe
Daniel Crocker, repairing clock
Wm. J. Blaisdell, painting .
Welch & Hall, horse .
Andrew A. Lamont, buggy .
E. Spalding, harness work .
Ira L. Roberts, horseshoeing
J. H. Thompson, carriage hire
James F. Fitzgerald, carriage hire
L. H. Brown, carriage hire .
M. G. Staples, teaming
J. Robinson, teaming .
847,606.10
1.75
3.69
30.00
756.90
227.18
71.30
6.50
45.05
4.C0
3.00
4.00
3.00
5.50
1.80
3.85
3.00
9.50
.75
1.18
1.50
2.00
1.50
150.00
150.00
12.95
59.00
2.00
20.50
19.00
53.25
11.35
853,031.84
Amounts carried foi'iuard
849,271.10
$53,031.84
152
ANNUAL REPORTS.
A m u n ts bro 24 gh t fo rwa rd
James Horrill, teaming
C. M. Blake, newspapers
S. J. Wood, filing saws
Charles S. Robertson, premium of
insurance ....
Warren H. Smith, labor in stable
Wm. H. Kelley, labor in stable
James L. Prentiss, lineman
F. A. Blackburn, lineman
Frank Draper, lineman
Frank Nicholson, lineman
Harry Clifford, lineman
R. McDonald, lineman
L. McDonald, lineman
Benjamin Pond, lineman
James T. Barrett, witness fees
William H. Barrett, witness fees
Charles E. Farnham, expressing
W. E. Cole, expressing
E. R. Perham, expressing .
Bancroft's Express, expressing
Excess and Deficiency, balance
to credit of account
$49,271.10
1.00
14.70
.75
39.00
274.00
144.00
153.57
80.00
66.00
195.00
24.76
19.13
19.13
1.00
6.00
10.00
2.50
.50
.80
.45
$50,323.39
2,708.45
$53,031.84
$53,031.84
POLICE STATION INCIDENTALS.
Credit.
Appropriations, amount assessed ....
Schoolhouse Incidentals, amount transferred
Cash, received of Commonwealth of
Massachusetts, rent of armory . $300.00
William E. Cassidy, old junk . 7.00
Excess and Deficiency, balance to debit of account .
$3,500.00
600.00
307.00
559.80
Amount carried forward .
$4,966.80
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
153
Amoicnt brought fo7'ward . ....
Debit.
Cash, paid Wm. D. Hayden, janitor . $850.00
Cambridge Gas Light Company,
gas ..... 921.77
City of Boston, water . . . 92.40
Horatio Wellington & Co., fuel . 381.75
Baker-Hunnevvell Co., fuel . 5.75
Walter Bates & Son, concreting . 27.00
James F. Davlin, plumbing . . 32.17
J. A. Durell, plumbing . . 320.64
A. A. Sanborn, steam fitting . 88.79
A. M. Godfrey, carpentering . 54.00
John P. Thompson, carpentering 18.55
Frank A. Fuller & Co., carpenter-
ing 2.36
David G. Marston, carpentering . 25.00
C. A. Slager, carpentering . . 100.53
H. B. Sellon, carpentering . . 104.00
Geo. W. Manning, repairs of roof 3.50
S. W. Fuller, lumber . . . 35.83
F. C. Ayer, lumber . . . 16.97
Jacob Woodbury, iron work . 5.55
Henry P. Lovering, mason work . 11.90
A. C. Winning, mason work . 855.20
Clarence G. Reed, plastering . 43.00
J. Q. Twombly, painting . . 38.24
W. E. Plumer & Co., hardware . 62.97
Howe & Flint, hardware . . 5.00
Whitney & Snow, hardware . 3.30
F. C. Fuller & Son, hardware . 7.06
Boston Belting Co., hose . . 12.38
A. M. Prescott, teaming . . 3.00
H. W. Johns Manufacturing Co.,
paints, etc. . . . .' 25.71
The Boston Germicide Co., germi-
cide service .... 21.63
34,966.80
Amounts carried fo7"ward
14,175.95
$4,966.80
154 ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amounts brought forward . .■ $4,175.95 $4,966.80
J. F. Fuller, disinfectant . . 4.50
Hatch & Farnham, furniture . 295.50
Jackson Caldwell & Co., furniture 8.00
James Bartley, matches, etc. . 5.60
George H. Cowdin, powder . 1.20
R. M. Sturtevant, tacks . . 1.30
Albert B. Franklin, ventilating
pipes 60.00
The Great American & China
Tea Co., water set . . . 2.00
J. H. Keenan, boards ... 9.00
A. B. Wedgwood, premium of
insurance .... 150.00
Foster & Shaw, premium of in-
surance ..... 150.00
Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection
and Insurance Co. . . . 50.00
Patrick O'Connell, labor . . 51.75
Seth H. Whitcomb, cleaning
carpet ..... 2.00
-^ $4,966.80
PRINTING AND STATIONERY.
Credit.
Appropriations, amount assessed .
•
Debit.
Cash, paid Somerville Journal Co.,
printing and advertising .
$1,373.08
Citizen Pubhshing Co., printing
and advertising
502.50
Beacon Lithograph Co., printing
bonds .....
154.25
$6,500.00
Amounts carried forward . . $2,029.83 $6,500.00
APPENDIX '10 TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT. 155
Amounts brought foj'-ward . . 82,029.83 §6,500.00
Babb & Stephens, printing . . 68.50
Thomas Groom & Co., stationery 2,606.40
Charles B. Stevens, register re-
cording ..... 5.81
Henry W. Pitman, printing annual
reports, etc. .... 1,370.04
W. A. Greenough & Co., direc-
tories ..... 15.00
Sampson, Murdock & Co., direc-
tories ..... 15.00
Charles S. Binner & Co., books . 3.50
A. E. Martell & Co., letter books 15.00
Frost & Adams, scales . . 5.50
F. S. Buck, hand stamps . . 18.71
Bates Manufacturing Co., number-
ing machine .... 20.00
The Heliotype Printing Co., maps 4.50
§6,177.79
Excess and Deficiency, balance
to credit of account . . 322.21
86,500.00
PROPERTY AND DEBT BALANCE.
Credit.
Balance from 1893 $701,711.82
Public Property, property acquired during the year
1894 214,059.82
Reduction of Funded Debt 107,000.00
81,022,771.64
Debit.
Appropriations, amount borrowed on
Funded Debt account . . $172,000.00
Balance to credit in account 1895 . 850,771.64
81,022,771.64
156
ANNUAL REPORTS.
PUBLIC GROUNDS.
Credit.
Appropriations, amount assessed ....
Cash, received of West End Street Railway Co., cut-
ting grass . . . ....
Excess and Deficiency, balance to debit of
account ........
Debit
Cash, paid laborers .
Frank G. Williams, sods
N. F. McCarthy & Co., plants
J. Newman & Sons, plants .
Horace L. Eaton, plants, etc.
Green Brothers, plants, etc.
Chetham Parks, materials .
Joseph Breck & Sons, grass seed
etc. ....
G. W. Manning, labor on flagstaff
Whitney & Snow, hardware
F. C. Ayer, Agent, lumber
I. H. Brown & Co., lumber
J. A. Durell, hardware
Whitney & Snow, tools
M. D. Jones & Co., settees
J. B. Dupontj hardware
W. I. Heald, tools, etc.
C. L. Underhill, repairs of tools
Joseph Young, repairs of tools
L. A. Wright, repairs of tools
George W. Trefren, Jr., carpen
tering ....
T. F. Farrington, carpentering
J. Q. Twombly, painting
Amotcnts ca7'riedforivard .
$3,618.50
25.96
126.17
11.18
7.65
1.50
3.00
74.61
35.00
27.22
33.52
.45
4.99
67.07
61.80
17.37
43.16
10.90
9.00
4.25
24.86
30.00
1.81
$4,239.97
$4,500.00
18.00
187.94
$4/705.94
$4,705.94
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AXD COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
157
Amounts brought forward .
Osgood & Hart, grating
A. M. Prescott, teaming
George W. Prichard, teaming
John Silk, loam .
L. M. Maynard, manure
Monroe, Lalor & Co., ashes
City of Boston, water
Fitchburg Railroad, freight
John R. Farnham, trees
F. C. Fuller & Co., hardware
Charles E. Farnham, expressing
Boston Spar Co., flagstaff .
M. A. Mann, repairing flag
Sewers Maintenance account
bricks ....
Water Service account, service
pipe ....
$4,239.97
1.25
51.76
48.00
22.50
13.10
104.53
35.00
48.35
20.00
2.93
2.00
42.75
1.50
1.00
71.30
84,705.94
84,705.94
PUBLIC LIBRARY.
Credit.
Appropriations, amount assessed . . . .
Cash, received of County Treasurer re-
turn on amount received of the
city for dog licenses in 1893 . 82,710.90
J. S. Hayes, librarian, fines . 297.87
J. S. Hayes, catalogues . . 35.35
Balance from 1893 . . . ....
Debit.
Cash, paid Little, Brown & Co., books 81,328.64
Lee & Shepard, books . . 222.95
George E. Littlefield, bocks . 408.24
Amou7its carried forward . . $1,959.83
(11)
86,500.00
3,044.12
23.36
89,567.48
89,567.48
158
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amounts brot^ght forward .
Estes & Lauriat, books
Burnham Antique Book Store
books ....
Charles H. Brown, books .
C. A. Nichols Co., books
S. B. Fisher, books
Boston Book Co., books
T. C. Pease, books
Charles E. Houghton, books
Outlook Company, books .
Fred S. Collins, books
Osterhout Free Library, books
S. M. Goss, books
J. Q. Adams & Co., books .
Kasson & Palmer, books
W. L. Wilder, books .
E. R. Pelton, books .
Catholic World, books
John B. Walker, books
Eben Putnam, books .
D. Appleton Co., books
Joseph Eichbourn & Co.; books
Prince Society, books .
Writer Publishing Co., books
New England Magazine, books
F. H. Chadbourne, books .
American Naturalist, books
Wm. R. Bradford, books
H. W. Conant, books .
John Munsell's Sons, books
New England Historical & Geneo
logical Society, books
Hessling & Spielmeyer, books
T. H. Castor & Co., books .
Rhode Island Historical Society
books ....
Amounts carried forward .
$1,959.83
353.98
113.30
126.30
15.00
1.56
21 Ao
6.50
15.00
4.00
31.10
2.20
74.48
4.00
3.00
8.00
4.00
12.00
1.50
2.00
34.00
3.00
5.00
1.75
4.00
39.60
4.00
12.00
3.33
5.00
3.00
6.75
74.32
2.00
$2,956.95
,567.48
$9,567.48
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR S REPORT.
159
Amounts brought fo7"ward .
J. S. Smith & Co., books
Arena Publishing Co., books
S. C. Tuckerman, books
The Critic Company, books
Cupples & Paterson, books
Century Company, books
North American Review, books
The Dial, books .
Publisher's Weekly, books .
Engineering Magazine, books
Electrical Engineer, books .
Electric Magazine, books .
New England Kitchen Publishing
Co., books
Review of Reviews, books .
Forum Publishing Co., books
Charles Scribner's Sons, books
William H. Guild & Co., books
J. B. Lippincott Co., books
Harper & Brothers, books .
Illustrated American Co., books
E. H. Hames & Co., books .
Houghton, Mifflin & Co., books
Perry Mason & Co., books .
The Nation, books
Cosmopolitan Magazine, books
Montague Marks, books
Munn & Co., books
W. A. Greenough & Co., direc
tory ....
P. B. Sanford, binding books
Somerville Journal Company
printing
Greenough, Adams & Gushing
stationery
Ajjiounts carried forward .
$2,956.95
2.00
5.33
3.00
4.75
5.00
24.00
4.25
4.15
12.60
2.40
4.50
4.00
1.75
5.00
2.75
35.94
99.14
4.50
32.97
4.00
2.00
11.40
1.75
3.00
3.00
6.50
11.20
2.00
766.67
97.35
26.59
S4,150.44
$9,567.48
$9,567.48
160
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amounts broiiglit forivard . . $4,150.44 $9,567.48
Thomas Groom & Co., stationery 18.95
1 ohn Underwood &: Co., stationery 5.25
Rice, Kendall & Co., paper . 59.48
George N. Seamans & Co., screen 3.50
Howe & Flint, gas fixtures . . 9.90
Boston Gas Appliance Exchange,
fixtures 20.00
E. R. Morse Safe Co., safe . . 72.50
VV. S. Barnes, boxes . . . 9.10
A. Storrs & Bement Co., cards . 39.33
Library Bureau, tray, etc. . . 8.00
Derb}^, Kilmer & Pond Desk Co.,
furniture . . . . 11.50
Jordan, Marsh & Co., furniture . 9.80
Williams Table & Lumber Co.,
table 56.00
Wemyss Brothers, chests . . 16.00
W. S. Badger & Co., bookcase . 17.00
B. P. Palmer, door stop . . 2.50
Sprague & Hathaway Co., frames 24.42
Horgan, Robey & Co., frames . 2.00
William I. Stickney, plate . . 7.00
Henry Holt, polish . . . 3.50
Boston Belting Co., hose . . 5.95
W. A. Sanborn, bricks . . 3.03
George B. Sargent, stamps . . 3.13
Citizen PubUshing Co., news-
papers . . . . . ' 4.00
C. M. Blake, newspapers . . 9.00
Graham & Hill, newspapers . 4.50
George T. Bailey, newspapers . 4.50
Fred. C. Fuller, carpentering . 20.42
Henry P. Lovering, Jr., mason-
work 4.98
A. A. Sanborn, steam-fitting . 1.35
Amounts caiiied forwai'd . . $4,607.03 $9,567.48
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AXD COLLECTOR S REPORT.
161
A m u n is b ro ugh t fo rwa rd .
George H. Maynard & Co.
plumbing
J. Q. Twombly, painting
Osgood & Stevens, labor
C. A. Southwick, labor
William Eccles & Son, upholstery
Gillis & Gleeson, telephone
F. W. Merrill, tubes .
D. F. Erickson, blocks
Whitney & Snow, hardware
William Hall & Co., hardware
H. S. Garcelon, Agent branch
office ....
Charles E. Farnham, expressing
Gilman Express Co., expressing
Perham's Express, expressing
Edward F. Wood, premium of in
surance ....
Dana W\ Bennett & Co., premium
of insurance .
I. B. Kendall, premium of insur
ance ....
Cambridge Gas Light Co., gas
Somerville Electric Light Co.
lighting ....
City of Boston, water
J. W. Coveney, postage stamps
B. F. Wild & Co., fuel
Baker-Hunnewell Co., fuel .
S. J. Wood, keys, etc.
John S. Hayes, librarian
Disbursements .
Anna L. Stone, assistant
Mary J. Warren, assistant .
F. Mabel Norcross, assistant
$4,607.03
5.45
101.24
8.16
6.25
46.20
4.10
15.00
5.00
4.69
2.75
100.00
32.30
64.05
87.85
33.75
33.75
75.00
4.90
403.18
29.00
31.00
168.96
7.25
1.25
1,800.00
66.86
400.00
400.00
275.00
89.567.48
Amounts carried foj'ward
88,820.06
89,567.48
162
ANNUAL REPORTS.
AiJiounts b7'ought forward . . $8,820.06
Edith A. Woodman, assistant . 75.24
M. Gertrude Knapp, assistant . 125.97
Elizabeth Goldsmith, assistant . 20.52
Esther M. Mayhew, assistant . 117.96
Catherine Coveney, assistant . 12.05
M. B. Merriam, assistant . . 160.00
S. C. Foot, assistant . . . 91.00
Charles L. Goodrich, assistant . 9.51
Wm. C. Hammond, assistant . . 42.77
Stanley Flewelling, assistant . 61.02
Charles F. Cuddy, assistant . 21.83
$9,557.93
Excess and Deficiency, balance to
credit of account . . . 9.55
§9,567.48
$9,567.48
PUBLIC LIBRARY IMPROVEMENT.
Credit.
Appropriations, amount appropriated by borrowing
on Funded Debt account ... - $3,000.00
Debit.
Balance to debit in account 1895 .... $3,000.00
PUBLIC PROPERTY.
Credit.
Balance to debit in account 1895 . . . .
Debit.
Property and Debt Balance, property
acquired in 1894 . . . $ 214,059.82
Balance from 1893 . . . 1,981,211.82
12,195,271.64
$2,195,271.64
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AXD COLLECTOR'S REPORT. 163
REAL ESTATE LIENS.
Credit.
Balance to 1895 8964.70
Debit.
Balance from 1893 .... 8888.40
Taxes, Interest and Costs on property
deeded to the city for non-pay-
ment of taxes of 1892 . . 7G.30
S964.70
84,858.50
REDUCTION OF FUNDED DEBT.
Credit.
Balance from 1893 8 5,912.07
Appropriations, amount assessed .... 100,000.00
Cash, received of London and Lancan-'
shire Fire Insurance Co., insur-
ance on Webster Schoolhouse . 81,185.00
Queen Insurance Co., insurance
on Webster Schoolhouse . 1,185.00
Tetonia Fire Insurance Co.,insur- •
ance on Webster Schoolhouse . 723.50
New Hampshire Fire Insurance
Co., insurance on Webster
Schoolhouse .... 1,185.00
Peter Malone, proceeds of sale of
material of Webster School-
house 80.00
F. M. Burrows, sale of Brastow
Schoolhouse .... 100.00
First Congregational Society of
Somerville, sale of L'nitarian
Church . . . . . 400.00
City of Boston, water rates trans-
ferred 5,486.30 10,344.80
A7nount carried forward ..... 8116,256.87
164 ANNUAL REPORTS.
A7nount brought forivard . .... $116,256.87
Debit.
Property and Debt Balance, amount
of reduction of Funded Debt
in 1894 . . . . . $107,000.00
Balance to credit in account 1895 . 9,256.87
$116,256.87
RELIEF AND BURIAL OF INDIGENT SOLDIERS
AND SAILORS.
Credit.
Appropriations, amount assessed .... $4,000.00
State of Massachusetts, burials ..... 140.00
Excess and Deficiency, balance to debit of account . 1,440.06
Debit.
Cash, paid monthly pay rolls . . $5,083.00
Worcester Lunatic Hospital, board 169.46
Danvers Lunatic Hospital, board 2.79
Commonwealth of Massachusetts,
board 47.11
Fred B. Clapp, services as nurse 42.50
W. A. Frink, services as under-
taker 70.00
Wm. A. Flaherty, services as
undertaker .... 35.00
John Reade, services as undertaker 35.00
Alfred E. Mann, services as under-
taker 35.00
City of Medford, aid furnished . 19.20
Support of Poor account, aid fur-
nished 41.00
>,580.06
$5,580.06
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AXD COLLECTOR'S REPORT. 165
SALARIES.
Credit.
Appropriations, amount assessed .... 835,400.00
Excess and Deficiency, balance to
debit of account . . .... 2,645.03
Debit.
Cash, paid William H. Hodgkins,
mayor §1,000.00
George I. Vmcent, city clerk . 2,400.00
John F. Cole, city treasurer and
collector of taxes . . . 3,200.00
Selvvyn Z. Bowman, city solicitor 1,650.00
Alvah B. Dearborn, city physician 1,150.00
Charles S. Robertson, city auditor 500.00
Charles S. Robertson, clerk of
common council . . . 250.00
William P. Mitchell, clerk of com-
mittees 1,650.00
Albert B. Fales, clerk of assessors 1,500.00
Beulah M. Pierce, assistant to
treasurer .... 800.00
Alice T. Sleeper, assistant to
treasurer .... 700.00
Amy L. Manning, assistant to city
clerk 700.00
Clara B. Snow, assistant to city
clerk , 349.00
Katharine W. Wood, assistant to
clerk of assessors . . . 650.00
Frederic W. Cook, assistant to
clerk of committees . . 800.00
Jairus Mann, city messenger . 1,500.00
Thomas R. Roulstone, inspector
of buildings .... 1,900.00
$38,045.03
Amounts carried forward . . 820,699.00 838,045.03
16G
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amounts brought forward .
D.C.Greene, inspector of plumbing
G. F. Andrews, inspector of
plumbing ....
Thomas Cunningham, inspector
of milk .....
Thomas Cunningham, inspector
of provisions ....
Horace L. Eaton, city engineer
Leighton W. Manning, supt. of
electric lines ....
Benjamin F. Thompson, assessor
Samuel T. Richards
Nathan H. Reed
Fred B. Clapp, assistant assessor
Charles F. Farrington, assistant
assessor ....
Edgar T. Mayhew, assistant
assessor .....
Harry A. True, assistant assessor
Cromwell G. Rowell, registrar of
voters .....
Charles P. Lincoln, registrar of
voters .....
Charles E. Parks, registrar of
voters .....
George I. Vincent, registrar of
voters .....
William H. Whitcomb, janitor of
City Hall and Public Library .
Charles A. Southwick, janitor of
City Hall and Public Library ,
Florence M. Grow, clerical
services ....
Jessie O. Smith, clerical services
Eliza D. Foster, clerical services
Engineer's assistants .
$20,699.00 $38,045.03
800.00
275.00
300.00
400.00
2,400.00
1,000.00
900.00
800.00
800.00
250.00
250.00
250.00
250.00
200.00
200.00
200.00
200.00
779.16
70.84
296.01
70.67
58.67
6,595.68
S3S,045.03
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR S REPORT.
167
SCHOOL CONTINGENT.
Credit.
Appropriations, amount assessed
Cash, received of D. F. McCurdy,
tuition of non-resident pupils .
Emma F. Wiiitney, tuition of non-
resident pupils
George J. Raymond, tuition of
non-resident pupils
Charles A. Lovekin, tuition of
non-resident pupils
Lena Gilbert, tuition of non-resi-
dent pupils ....
Harry T. Wing, tuition of non-
resident pupils
Clifton Williams, tuition of non-
resident pupils
G. A. Southworth, injury to books,
etc. .....
Charlestovvn Gas and Electric Co.,
discount . . . .
Debit
Cash, paid Gordon A. Southworth
salary as supt. of schools
Disbursements
V. E. Hapgood, clerk in superin-
tendent's office
L. H. Sno\y, truant officer .
Services taking school census
Jairus Mann, truant officer .
Leach, She\vell& Sanborn, books
etc. ....
American Book Co., books, etc.
Ginn & Co., books, etc.
Amounts carried forward .
816,000.00
$ 16.00
16.00
16.00
8.00
15.00
16.00
30.00
33.23
24.00
82,499.96
41.38
600.00
999.96
100.00
50.04
434.82
653.04
654.82
S6,034.02
174.23
816,174.23
$16,174.23
168
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amounts brought foi^ward .
D. C. Heath & Co., books, etc.
William Ware & Co., books, etc.
Maynard, Merrill & Co., books
etc. ....
Boston School Supply Co., books
etc. ....
University Publishing Co., books
etc. ....
Houghton, Miftlin & Co., books
etc. ....
Carl Schoenhof, books, etc.
D. Lothrop & Co., books, etc.
J. L. Hammet, books, etc. .
Silver, Burdett & Co., books, etc
Lothrop Publishing Co., books
etc. .
T. H. Castor, books, etc.
Lee & Shepard, books, etc.
Allyn & Bacon, books, etc. .
Elbridge & Brother, books, etc.
Greenough, Adams & Cushing
supplies . • . .
C. W. Bardeen, supplies
Joseph Watrous, supplies .
W. A. Greenough, supplies
Holden Patent Book Cover Co.
supplies
Hub Book Binding & Stationery
Co., supplies .
Longmans, Green & Co., supplies
Educational Publishing Co., books
John E. Potter & Co., books
D. Appleton & Co., books .
Franklin Educational Co., sup-
plies . . . . .
$6,034.02
286.28
44.19
38.30
106.51
73.02
183.91
4.35
6.60
377.37
1,102.37
11.80
110.65
17.55
36.15
13.12
602.24
565.08
658.69
2.00
28.20
11.65
21.04
5.67
81.65
14.00
50.63
S16,174.2o
Amounts carried foj'ward .
810,487.04
$16,174.23
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AXD COLLECTOR'S REPORT. 169
Amounts brought forward . . 810,487.04 816,174.23
Geo. S. Perry & Co., supplies . 17.25
Frost & Adams, supplies . . 154.20
Pulsifer, Jordan & Co., supplies . 36.70
Prang Educational Co., supplies . 1,183.51
George S. Perry & Co., ink wells 8.65
A. W, Mitchell, stamp . . 2.54
Wadsworth, Rowland & Co., sup-
plies ..... 18.15
E. O. White, flowers . . . 4.80
P. P. Caproni & Co., drawing
materials .... 10.00
A. H. Hewes «Sc Co., drawing
materials .... 8.80
King & Merrill, stationery . . 1,552.54
Thorp & Martin Co., stationery . 18.97
George S. Perry & Co., stationery 245.91
Thompson, Brown & Co., station-
ery 93.23
Somerville Journal Co., printing . 386.30
Citizen Publishing Co., printing . 119.30
Boston Bank Note & Lithograph
Co., diplomas . . . 100.47
C. A. French, filling in diplomas 88.35
Edward E. Hale, address . . 25.00
First M. E. Church, use of edifice 100.00
R. M. Yale & Co., repairing flags 4.65
Union Glass Co., sand . . .27
L. H. Brown & Co., carriage hire 7.50
New England Telephone & Tele-
graph Co., rentals and tolls . 64.30
Somerville Electric Light Co.,
lighting 15.09
Cambridge Gas Light Co., gas . 169.11
Charlestown Gas & Electric Co.,
gas 189.47
Amounts carried forward . . 815,112.10 816,174.23
170
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amounts brought forward .
City of Boston, water
J. E. Parsons, hardware
E. S. Daniels, tuning pianos
John C. Haynes & Co., pitch pipes
Dame, Stoddard & Kendall, sup-
plies ....
F. C. Baldwin, disbursements
C. M. Coffin, sewing materials
S. Henry Hadley, music
M. J. Wendall, disbursements
G. M. Wadsworth, ribbon .
J. S. Emerson, ribbon
C. E. Brainard, ribbon
F. C. Baldwin, ribbon
G. E. Nichols, ribbon
F. W. Shattuck, ribbon
S. A. Johnson, ribbon
G. P. Fisk & Co., ribbon .
J. W. Coveney, rent of Post-Office
box ....
Cole's Express, expressing .
Charles A. Farnham, expressing
Gilman Express Co., expressing
Perham's Express, expressing
Bancroft's Express, expressing
Stilphen & Co., expressing .
Excess and Deficiency, balance
to credit of account
$15,112.10
593.90
1.25
9.00
15.14
122.34
5.30
5.08
63.53
9.27
4.00
4.00
5.81
7.90
3.60
2.12
3.20
12.16
2.00
2.00
37.35
1.45
.90
.30
2.40
^16,026.10
148.13
$16,174.23
6,174.23
SCHOOL CONTINGENT, JANITORS' SALARIES.
Credit.
Appropriations, amount assessed .... $11,000.00
Amount cari'ied forward ..... $11,000.00
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171
A m 02int bro ugh t fo rw a rd
Debit.
Cash, paid janitors' salaries as per pay
rolls .....
Excess and Deficiency, balance to
credit of account
811,000.00
810,686.13
13.8'
SCHOOL FUEL.
Credit.
Appropriations, amount assessed . . . .
Cash, received of F. ^1. Burroughs, coal from Bras-
tow Schoolhouse . . . . . .
Debit
Cash, paid B. F. Wild & Co., fuel
Horatio Wellington & Co., fuel
George M. Winslow & Co., fuel
Baker, Hunnewell Co., fuel
Excess and Deficiency, balance to
credit of account
$3,289.96
3,309.38
1,406.65
942.13
88,94.^.12
78.63
811,000.00
89,000.00
26.75
89,026.75
$9,026.75
SCHOOLHOUSE, BINGHAM ADDITION.
Credit.
Balance from 1893 . . . . . . .
Appropriations, amount appropriated by borrowing
on Funded Debt account . ...
Ai7iou7it carried forward .....
88,290.00
1,000.00
89,290.00
172 ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amoiuit b7'oug]it fo7'ward .... 89,290.00
Debit.
Cash, paid John Kelley on account of
contract and extra work . . $4,842.99
A. A. Sanborn, heating apparatus 3,635.84
H. W. Johns Mfg. Co., asbestos 75.33
James F. Davlin, plumbing . 75.00
Fuller & Matthews, carpentering 8.40
Moulton L. Libby, clocks . . 20.00
Walter Bates & Son, concreting . 95.40
H. B. Sellon, labor . . . 25.75
Chandler Adjustable Chair & Desk
Co., furniture .... 362.25
P. Derby & Co., furniture . . 29.67
E. R. Perham, expressing . . 32.24
M. G. Staples, expressing . . 4.00
$9,206.87
Excess and Deiiciencv, balance to
credit of account . . . 83.13
$9,290.00
SCHOOLHOUSE, EDGERLY ADDITION.
Credit.
Balance from 1893 % 456.67
Appropriations, amount appropriated
by borrowing on Funded Debt
account 2,000.00
Debit.
Cash, paid Smith Heating and Venti-
lating Co., on account of heat-
ing apparatus .... $1,696.50
$2,456.67
Amounts carried forward . . $1,696.50 $2,456.6'
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT. 173
$1,696.50 82.456.67
Amoinits brought forward .
H. W. Johns Manufacturing Co.,
asbestos . . . . .
A. C. Winning, mason work
F. C. Ayer, Agent, lumber .
Balance to credit in account 1895
50.50
44.95
4a.24
$1,837.19
619.48
$2,456.6'
SCHOOLHOUSE, ENGLISH HIGH.
Credit.
Balance from 1893
Debit.
Cash, paid W. S. Sampson on account
of contract ....
W. S. Sampson, extras
Hartwell & Richardson, architects
J. F. Bubert, electrical work
John M. Woods, services as
referee .....
Willard C.'Hill, premium of in-
surance ....
Joseph Young, labor .
Fred Young, labor
H. B. Sellon, labor
Henry A. Angier, labor
Charles Bridges, labor
Water Maintenance account,
labor and material .
Water Services account, labor
and material ....
Sewer Assessments account, sewer
Balance to credit in account 1895
(12)
840,000.00
1,893.40
1,000.00
500.00
150.00
75.00
5.00
70.00
33.25
64.00
82.50
6.48
167.70
138.00
$44,185.33
37,296.67
$81,482.00
$81,482.00
174
ANNUAL REPORTS.
SCHOOLHOUSE, HIGH AND ENGLISH HIGH, HEATING,
VENTILATING AND PLUMBING.
Credit.
Appropriations, amount appropriated
by borrowing on Funded Debt
account . .
$35,000.00
Debit.
Cash, paid A. A. Sanborn on account
of contract for heating appa-
ratus, etc. . . . .
Jarvis Engineering Co., air shafts
W. S. Sampson, extras on account
of heating plant
Fred C. Fuller, carpentering
Frank A. Fuller & Co., carpenter
ing ....
D. P. Bucknam, mason work .
H. W. Johns Manufacturing Co.
asbestos ....
Clarence G. Reed, plastering
James Tucker & Son, plumbing
J. Lincoln Collins, wire guards
Cambridge Gas Light Co., gas
City of Boston, water .
Committee on Public Property,
travelling expenses .
Balance to credit in account 1895
$22,811.74
1,006.20
714.94
119.85
63.63
228.88
60.07
211.73
2,440.99
23.20
17.28
56.40
42.37
$27,797.28
7,202.72
S35,000.00
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT. 175
SCHOOLHOUSE INCIDENTALS.
Credit.
Appropriations, amount assessed .... $12,000.00
Cash, received of Dana W. Bennett,
Agent, return premium of in-
surance ..... $61.80
Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection
& Insurance Co., returned
premium of insurance . . 50.00
William E. Cassidy, old iron . 1.00 112.80
Excess and Deficiency, balance to
debit of account . . .... 3,609.59
Debit.
Cash, paid Chandler Adjustable Chair
& Desk Co., furniture . . $889.60
P. Derby & Co., furniture . . 55.67
Jackson Caldwell & Co., furniture 9.00
Winchester Furniture Co., furni-
ture 18.80
Derby, Kilmer & Pond Desk Co.,
furniture .... 9.00
H. A. Pestell, shades . . . 67.40
H. W. Tarbell, shades . . 2.75
R. H. White & Co., rugs . . 15.50
S. W. Choate, Agent, slate boards 143.94
I. L. Corthell, electric work . 13.03
Corthell & Pollard, electric work 5.63
Fuller & Matthews, carpentering . 141.67
John D. Hills, carpentering . 147.51
Osgood & Stevens, carpentering . 29.23
$15,722.39
Amounts carried forzvard . . $1,548.73 815,722.39
176
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amounts brought forward .
C. A. Slager, carpentering .
John R. Thompson, carpentering
F. A. Chandler, carpentering
F. Burckes, carpentering
D. G. Marston, carpentering
George W. Trefren, Jr., carpenter
ing ....
W. O. Francis, carpentering
Frank A. Fuller & Co., carpenter
ing ....
H. S. Brackett, carpentering
Charles H. Dyer, carpentering
F. S. Aldrich, carpentering .
Architectural Wood Working Co.
carpentering .
H. B. Sellon, carpentering .
H. W. Covell, plumbing
James F. Davlin, plumbing .
J. E. Parsons, plumbing
C. W. Cahalan, plumbing .
W. L. Snow, plumbing
D. G. Green, plumbing
W. J. Kennedy, plumbing ..
James Tucker & Sons, plumbing
J. A. Durell, hardware, etc.
Howe & Flint, hardware, etc.
Wm. E. Plumer & Co., hardware
etc. ....
W. I. Heald, hardware, etc.
John A. Merrifield, hardware, etc
Whitney & Snow, hardware, etc.
F. C. Fuller & Son, ventilator
etc. ....
Charles A. Holmes, stove work
J. W. Johnson, mason work
11,548.73
24.30
38.92
6.00
15.00
116.55
25.10
18.00
515.82
12.10
143.18
92.50
24.21
232.50
15.03
27.81
159.50
8.13
15.31
5.32
177.10
11.30
829.47
1,178.00
168.52
60.65
154.66
5.45
270.61
6.73
38.70
$15,722.39
Ainounts carried fo7'ward
$5,945.20
$15,722.39
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR S REPORT. 1 t i
Amounts brought forioard . . 85;945.20 8lo,722.39
Henry P. Lovering, Jr., rnason
work 100.59
D. P. Bucknam, mason work . 215.37
J. M. Burckes, mason work . 3.50
Clarence G. Reed, mason work . 238.25
A. C. Winning, mason work . 85.24
Thomas Dowd, mason work . 40.00
B. E. Higgins, mason work . 268.00
Fred Davis, mason work . . 4.12
J. F. Burton, painting and glaz-
ing ..... 14.75
Ramsay Clark, painting and glaz-
ing 1.00
W. J. Logan, painting and glazing 13.25
M. J. Goodwin, painting and glaz-
ing ..... 4.50
Frank S. Norris, painting and glaz-
ing 8.00
Daniel VV. McDermott, painting
and glazing .... 18.75
J. H. HoUis, painting and glaz-
ing 20.25
E. T. Peterson, painting and glaz-
ing ..... 97.50
E. B. Jones, painting and glazing 51.25
James Scott, painting and glazing 177.50
E. F. Palmer, painting and glaz-
ing 120.00
R. Daley, painting and glazing . 112.50
Frank H. Smith, painting and
glazing 80.00
S. Cotton Pennock, painting and
glazing 30.00
J. Q. Twombly, painting and glaz-
ins: 494.43
Amounts carried forward . . 88,143.95 815,722.39
178
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amounts brought forward . . $8,143.95
H. W. Johns Mfg. Co., paints, etc. 429.24
G. F. Ericson, repairs of furniture 249.35
H. A. Chick & Co., repairs of fur-
niture . ... . 6.80
F. H. Harding, repairs of furni-
ture 12.50
George W. Manning, repairs . 95.75
F. H. F'lagg, repairs . . . 1.25
Walter Bates & Son, concreting . 504.00
Wilbur P. Rice, door and frame . 2.80
Somerville Iron Foundry, ring and
cover ..... 4.60
Williams & Co., soapstone work 130.80
Jarvis Engineering Co., traps . 159.70
Carlisle, Ayer & Co., doors . 13.44
Boston Spar Co., flagstaff . . 75.30
L. C. Seavey, roofing . . . 121.52
Smith Heating & Ventilating Co.,
furnace work .... 46.35
Sullivan & Naughton, gas-fitting . 9.78
T. L. DeLano, gas-fitting . . 4.00
Cambridge Gas Light Co., supply
pipe ..... 26.51
Somerville Electric Light Co., arc
light 12.00
Electric Gas Lighting Co., batter-
ies ..... 2.35
Pettingill-Andrews Co., batteries 2.29
A. A. Sanborn, steam-fitting . 56.27
George F. Perry & Co., ink wells 118.14
W. G. Hallock, dust brushes, etc. 174.50
Thomas Groom & Co., books . 7.00
Hinkley Bros. & Co., rope . . 3.80
W. H. Bullard, oil ... 1.02
P. Sutherland & Co., oil . . 16.44
$15,722.39
Amounts carried forward
$10,431.45
$15,722.39
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AXD COLLECTOR S REPORT.
179
A7no lints brought forward
Mark A. Torrey Co., soap
H. W. Burgess, sand .
R. M. Sturtevant, salt
M. M. Percell, supplies
Boston Germicide Co., germicide
J. F. Fuller & Co., disinfectant
F. C. Ayer, Agent, lumber .
I. H. Brown & Co., lumber
S. W. Fuller, lumber .
Wm. H. Wood & Co., lumber
Cunningham Iron Works Co
boiler work .
George A. Richards, moving
boiler ....
F. D. Snow, door checks
J. Lincoln Collins, wire work
William Hall & Co., locks .
S. J. Wood, keys, etc.
F. D. Weld, ladders .
F. A. Titus, gas-fitting
Jacob Woodbury, tools
Seward Dodge, tools .
Percey N. Kenway, inspecting
heating apparatus .
Ehjah Walker, services as referee
C. O. Stone, services as referee
Boston Belting Co., hose
H. W. Smith & Co., clock work
George F. Horton & Co., clock
work ....
David Cutter, clock work .
Daniel Crocker, clock work
Moulton C. Libbey, clock work
Henry W. Pitman, printing
Anthony Hadabolets, rent .
§10,431.45
35.00
.50
.35
.90
20.40
4.50
137.30
31.66
12.32
14.78
362.55
10.00
9.50
142.00
9.82
71.80
32.70
7.90
19.80
2.55
25.00
15.00
7.50
35.25
21.00
33.00
35.00
84.50
2.00
8.00
325.00
$15,722.39
A m tints carried fo 7 ward
$11,949.03
$15,722.39
180
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amounts brought forwat-d .
$11,949.03
$15,722.39
Michael J. Coneeney,pruning tree
3 21.25
Daniel Mclntire, vines
1.00
Woodbridge Hotel, refreshment'
5 6.00
Thomas Thurlow, labor
6.00
Patrick O'Connell, labor
41.38
N. L. Pennock, labor
2.00
A. B. Colesworthy, labor
32.75
C, A. South wick, labor
60.20
A, A. Lewis, labor
9.00
H. McCarthy, labor .
13.75
H. H. Mayville, labor
20.00
John O'Brien, labor .
12.00
W. H. Denton, labor .
2.00
Wm. H. Kelley, labor
40.00
George H. Goss, labor
12.50
D. H. Rimm, labor .
15.00
F. A. Wellman, labor
97.50
W. H. Laskey, labor .
1.75
Fred F. Young, labor
52.00
P; Bowdren, labor
55.00
M. Steavens, labor
23.00
Wilfred Young, labor .
22.00
E. J. Young, labor
23.00
J. F. Walker, labor . . .
23.00
Mrs. Aylward, labor .
15.00
Mrs. Barnes, labor
17.00
Mrs. Fitzsimmons, labor
17.50
Mrs. Gilman, labor
12.00
Mrs. Hartness, labor .
17.00
Mrs. Shiner, labor
12.00
J. H. Thompson, carriage hire .
12.50
George F. McKenna, carriage hire
34.00
R. A. R. Benson, teaming .
25.75
M. G. Staples, teaming
43.25
Owen Cunningham & Son, team-
ing
1.00
Amounts carried forward .
$12,748.11
$15,722.39
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR S REPORT.
181
Amounts brought forward .
George W. Prichard, teaming
John Silk, teaming
E. R. Perhara, expressing .
Charles E. Farnhara, expressing
Mclntire & Co., expressing
Martin O'Shaughnessy, expressing
A. G. Renner, expressing
Gilman Express Co., expressing
Cummings & Co., expressing
Roxbury Medical Co., polish
James Deacon, whitewashing
R. M. Johnson, removing soil
Hinckley & Woods, premium of
insurance ....
I.E. Kendall, premiumof insurance
Arthur P. Hatch, premium of in-
surance .....
George W. Foster, premium of
insurance . . . .
H. W. P. Colson, premium of in-
surance .....
Willard C. Hill, premium of insur-
ance .....
Charles S. Robertson, premium of
insurance ....
William A. Muzzey, premium of
insurance ....
Hartford Steam Boiler Inspector
& Insurance Co., premium of
insurance ....
Water Services account, water
services .....
Sidewalks account, edgestone
Police Station Incidentals, amount
transferred ....
812,748.11
49.25
12.50
40.05
4.00
.50
1.00
.50
1.50
1.50
4.50
10.00
48.00
56.94
112.50
90.00
112.50
90.00
600.00
450.00
75.00
450.00
75.70
88.34
$15,122.39
600.00
815.722.39
$15,722.39
182
ANNUAL REPORTS.
SCHOOLHOUSE, O. S. KNAPP ADDITION.
Credit.
Appropriations, amount appropriated by borrowing
on Funded Debt account ....
Debit.
Cash, paid John Kelley on account of
contract and extras . . $10,318.10
Loring & Phipps, architects . 325.00
Braman, Dow & Co., heating
apparatus .... 1,000.00
Chandler Adjustable Chair and
Desk Co., furniture . . 772.10
P. Derby & Co., furniture . . 32.33
Charles S. Robertson, insurance . 40.00
James F. Davlin, plumbing . 14.95
J. A. Durell, gas-fitting . . 18.10
Cambridge Gas Light Co., gas . 23.13
Clarence G. Reed, plastering . 4.25
P. Bowdren, grading . . . 8.00
Charles H. Dyer, labor . . 8.75
George H, Goss, labor . . 26.25
David G. Marston, labor . . 21.25
C. A. Southwick, labor . . 6.25
E. R. Perham, expressing . . 5.00
$12,623.46
2,876.54
$15,500.00
Balance to credit in account 1895
$15,500.00
SCHOOLHOUSE, WARD FOUR, SOUTH SIDE FITCHBURG
RAILROAD.
Credit.
Balance from 1893 $ 4,244.61
Appropriations, amount appropriated by borrowing
on Funded Debt account .... 12,000.00
AjJiouftt carried foi'ward .
$16,244.61
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
183
Amoiait brought forward .
816,244.61
Debit.
Cash, paid Frank G. Coburn & Co. on
account of contract and extras $13,156.83
Samuel Dudley Kelley, archi-
tect 750.00
A. A. Sanborn, on account of con-
tract for heating apparatus . 1,000.00
Chandler Adjustable Chair and
Desk Co., furniture . . 719.60
P. Derby & Co., furniture . . 10.50
William Hall & Co., brass work . 17.17
Holland & Daniels, shades . . 50.40
F. Burckes, carpentering . . 10.00
George W. Trefren, carpenter-
ing ..... 15.70
John D. Hills, carpentering . 52.56
G. H. Harding, carpentering . 7.50
H. B. Sellon, carpentering . . 8.75
F. W. Choate, blackboards . 270.75
W. H. Wood & Co., lumber . 77.34
F. C. Aver, Agt., lumber . . 7.48
F. C. Fuller & Co., hardware . .52
Willard C. Hill, premium of in-
surance ..... 7.50
E. R. Perham, expressing . . 5.00
David G. Marston, labor . . 8.75
George H. Foss, labor . . 2.50
F. S. Aldrich, labor . . . 6.25
P. Bowdren, labor ... 5.00
Balance to credit in account 1895
$16,190.10
54.51
816,244.61
184 ANNUAL REPORTS.
SCHOOL TEACHERS SALARIES.
Credit.
Appropriations, amount assessed .... $125,000.00
Excess and Deficiency, balance to debit of
account ........ 3,755.39
Debit.
Balance from 1893 . . . . S 9,833.92
Sewers, assessments levied . . 12,112.61
$128,755.39
Debit.
Cash, paid salaries as per pay rolls .... $128,755.39
SEWER ASSESSMENTS.
Credit.
Cash, received of sundry persons . $11,359.93
Sewers, abatements to sundry per-
sons . . . . . 233.50
Balance to debit in account 1895 . 10,353.10
$21,946.55
$21,946.53
SEWERS, CONSTRUCTION.
Credit.
Balance from 1893 $ 256.75
Appropriations, amount appropriated
by borrowing on Funded Debt
account 20,000.00
Cash, received of West End Street
Railway Co., catch basin . . $ 17.44
Joseph F. Wilson, private sewer . 70.93
Henry Green, fee for entering
Line street sewer . . . 100.63
189.00
Amount carried forward ..... $20,445.75
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AXD COLLECTOR S REPORT.
185
Amount brought forward ....
J. E. Parsons, constructing sewer
in Pearl street ... % 97.97
Sidewalks account, edgestones,
etc 37.41
Highways, City Stable account,
sewer 702.21
Highways account, catch basin
curbs ..... 6.91
Sewer Assessments, assessments levied
$20,445.75
844.50
12,112.61
$33,402.86
Debit
Cash, paid laborers .
George D. Goodrich, drain pipe
W. A. Sanborn, bricks
Wm. R. Maxwell, bricks
D. Warren De Rosay, bricks
Osgood (Sj: Hart, catch basin
covers ....
Barbour, Stockwell & Co., traps
Sweatt & Gould, catch basin
stones ....
Pigeon Hill Granite Co., catch
basin stones .
David W. Lewis, grate, etc.
Whitney & Snow, cement
J. E. Herrick, cement
Charles L. Underbill, blacksmith
ing ....
Mechanics Iron Foundry Co., tide
gates ....
I. H. Brown & Co., arch and circle
A. C. White, carpentering .
AmoiC7its carried forward .
$3,307.27
2,868.69
251.30
157.95
287.20
143.10
137.50
416.00
607.00
36.00
176.56
17.85
2.50
28.00
3.58
3.00
$8,443.50
$33,402.86
186
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amou7its brought forward .
W. P. Rice, lumber
Horatio Wellington & Co., wood
Owen Cunningham & Co., sand
Charles J. Simpson, sand
M. W. Carr, sand
Sylvester & Co., iron rods .
Thomas Groom & Co., books
Citizen Publishing Co., advertis
ing ....
Somerville Journal Co., advertis
ing ....
A. M. Prescott, teaming
John Silk, teaming
George F. McKenna, teaming
Ernest W. Danforth, inspecting
Fred E. Jones, inspecting .
R. W. Pond, inspecting
Charles B. Stevens, Register, re
cording ....
E. A. Pinnock, typewriting .
John H. Stevens, award for dam
ages ....
Philip & R. Nutting, award for
damages
B. W. Cotton, award for damages
Christopher Burke, sewer in
Warwick street
Christopher Burke, sewer in
Broadway and Liberty avenue .
Christopher Burke, sewer in
Summit street
Christopher Burke, sewer in
Kenwood street
Christopher Burke, sewer in
Billingham street
Amounts car7'ied forward .
$8,443.50
1.85
1.00
3.75
5.60
3.00
5.13
17.00
21.00
28.75
701.15
53.75
5.00
48.00
3.50
2.06
25.71
19.35
50.00
$33,402.86
50.00
100.00
1,587.10
875.12
55.46
65.60
63.23
12,235.61
$33,402.86
APPENDIX TO TREASURER \ND COLLECTOR'S REPORT. 187
A77ioiints brought forward . . 812,235.61 833,402.86
Richard Falvey, sewer in Banks
street ..... 38.15
Richard Falvey, sewer in Elm
street 158.78
Richard Falvey, sewer in Fran-
cesca avenue . . . 525.90
Richard Falvey, sewer in Talbot,
Packard and Sawyer avenues . 1,-i 13.42
Crimmings & Collins, sewer in
Rogers avenue . . . 201.82
Crimmings & Collins, sewer in
ElHngton road . . . 64.36
Crimmings & Collins, sewer in
Hall avenue .... 2,242.13
Crimmings & Collins, sewer in
Charnwood road . .. . 52.53
Crimmings & Collins, sewer in
passageway off Newbury street 44.25
Crimmings & Collins, sewer in
Summer street . . . 571.00
Dennis C. Collins, sewer in Vine
court 36.00
Charles Linnehan, sewer in Granite
street 81.94
Willard B. Bryne, sewer in Billing-
ham street .... 87.44
Willard B. Bryne, sewer in
Chandler street . . . 24.13
Willard B. Brvne, sewer in (!}len
street 83.59
Willard B. Bryne, sewer in Pearl
street place .... 90.43
Willard B. Bryne, sewer in Con-
gress place .... 45.46
Willard B. Bryne, sewer in
Wallace street . . . 23.23
Amounts carried forward . . 818,021.07 833,402.86
188 ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amounts brought forward . . $18,021.07 833,402.86
Wi]lard B. Bryne, sewer in Broad-
way 723.16
Charles A. Moiigan, sewer in
Broadway .. . . . 256.75
Charles A. Mongan, sewer in
Wheeler street . . . 159.65
Charles A. Mongan, sewer in
Tower street .... 49.82
Charles A. Mongan, sewer in
Pearl street .... 63.10
Charles A. Mongan, sewer in
Central street and Westwood
road 1,095.61
Charles A. Mongan, sewer in
passageway off Cross street . 28.53
Charles A. Mongan, sewer in Rich-
dale avenue .... 12.50
Charles A. Mongan, sewer in
Jenny Lind avenue . . . 258.30
Charles A. Mongan, sewer in
Benton avenue . . . 56.35
Charles A. Mongan, sewer in
Putnam street . . . 217.57
Charles A. Mongan, sewer in York
terrace 22.74
Charles A. Mongan, sewer in
Leland street .... 133.20
Charles A. Mongan, sewer in
Summer street . . . 166.09
Charles A. Mongan, sewer in
North Union street . . 188.99
Maurice Buttimer, sewer in
Snow terrace .... 168.37
Maurice Buttimer, sewer in
Laurel place .... 224.75
Amounts carried forward . . $21,846.55 $33,402.86
821,846.55
833,402.86
1,433.48
39.03
1,130.65
47.91
93.80
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AXD COLLECTOR'S REPORT. 189
Amoicnis brought forwa7'd .
Maurice Buttimer, sewer in Tal-
bot, Sawyer and Packard avenues
Maurice Buttimer, sewer in
Melvin street ....
Maurice Buttimer, sewer in
private land and Kidder avenue
Hervey A. Hanscome, sewer in
West street ....
Hervey A. Hanscome, sewer in
Sycamore street . . .
Hervey A. Hanscome, sewer in
Lawrence street . . . 12.29
Hervey A. Hanscome, sewer in
School street .... 14,03
Hervey A. Hanscome, sewer in
private lands, Lowell, Woodbine
and Centre streets . . . 63.25
Charles A. Mongan, laying drain 32.74
Water Works Extension account,
pipe 9.40
Highways, City Stable account,
sewer ..... 468.16.
Sewer Assessments, abatements . 233.50
825,424.79
Balance to credit in account 1895 7,978.07
833,402.86
SEWERS, MAINTENANCE.
Credit.
Appropriations, amount assessed .... 87,000,00
Cash, received of Massachusetts Gen-
eral Hospital, annual fee for
permission to enter Fitchburg
Street Sewer .... S50.00
Amounts car7'ied forward . . $50.00 87,000.00
(12a)
190
ANNUAL REPORTS.
A mo tints b7-ought forward .
L. R. Wentworth and G. T. Blos-
som, Trustees, dividend on bill
$50.00
$7,000.00
for labor, etc.
7.80
Augustus T. Sawyer, labor, etc.
6.25
Christopher Burke, labor, etc.
9.64
W. B. Bryne, puddling
8.64
Richard Falvey, puddling .
4.00
Crimmings & Collins, puddling
8.00
Public Grounds account, bricks
J
etc. . . .
1.00
95.33
Excess and Deficiency, balance to debit of
account ....
« • . .
164.72
$7,260.05
Debit.
Cash, paid laborers .
$3,231.98
George D. Goodrich, drain pipe
35.24
Whitney & Snow, tools anc
cement .....
78.71
J. E. Herrick, cement
1.25
F. C. Fuller & Co., tools .
1.50
M. W. Carr, sand
.50
Howe & Flint, pipe .
.60
T. F. Farrington, carpentering
6.60
Charles L. Underbill, blacksmith-
ing .....
8.35
F. Dooris, blacksmithing
.60
F. M. Fuller, wood .
1.00
F. C. Ayer, Agent, lumber .
40.53
I. H. Brown & Co., lumber
1.40
W. B. Bryne, labor
23.45
Wm. R. Maxwell, bricks
.80
W. A. Sanborn, bricks
6.40
D. Warren De Rosay, bricks
8.00
Amounts cai'ried forward .
$3,446.91
$7,260.05
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT. 19 1
Amounts brought forward . . $3,446.91 $7,260.05
Perrin, Seamans & Co., derrick . 105.00
Wilson & Silsby, canvas . . 3.50
Cornelius Callahan Co., repairs of
hose ..... 2.59
New England Dressed Meat and '
Wool Co., setting glass . . 2.25
Robert Burlen, book binding . 18.00
Thomas Groom & Co., books . 20.00
Samuel White, rubber boots . 45.00
Edson Mfg. Co., repairs of pump 2.35
City of Boston, water . . . 40.00
A. M. Prescott, teaming . . 1,092.88
E. W. Danforth, inspecting . 6.00
Fred E. Jones, inspecting . . 1.50
R. W. Pond, inspecting . . 3.94
George I. Shedd, car fares . . 68.10
City of Cambridge, five-ninths
cost of cleaning outlet of Bridge
Street Sewer .... 2,402.03
$7,260.05
Debit.
Cash, paid laborers .... $4,897.53
W. J. McCarthy, edgestones . 5,222.84
W. A. Sanborn, bricks . . 3,050.60
SIDEWALKS.
Credit.
Appropriations, amount assessed .... 810,000.00
Cash, received of Schoolhouse Incidentals account,
edgestones . . . .... 88.34
Sidewalks, assessments levied .... 9,817.31
$19,905.65
Amoicnts carried forward . . $13,170.97 $19,905.65
192
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amounts bi'ought forward . . $13,170.97
N. M. Cofran & Co., bricks . 3,488.60
Wm. R. Maxwell, bricks . . 848.00
Somerville Journal Co., advertising 144.50
Citizen Publishing Co., advertising 124.00
Thomas Groom & Co., books . 26.00
J. E. Herrick, cement . . 5.00
Timothy F. Crimmings, teaming 5.00
James Fannon, teaming . . 5.00
Frank Grant, teaming . -. 10.00
Martin Gill, teaming . . . 5.00
John F. Elkins, teaming . . 5.00
George F. McKenna, teaming . 15.00
W. J. McLaughlin, teaming . 35.00
Maurice Buttimer, teaming . 10.00
Frank Buttimer, teaming . . 5.00
Highways account, labor and ma-
terials 1,897.74
Sewers account, edgestones . 37.41
Sidewalk Assessments, abatements 31.67
$19,868.89
Excess and Deficiency, balance to
credit of account . . . 36.76
$19,905.65
$19,905.65
SIDEWALK ASSESSMENTS.
Credit.
Cash, received of Sundry Persons
Sidewalks, assessments abated
Balance to debit in account 1895
Debit.
Balance from 1893 .
Sidewalks, assessments levied
54,635.12
9,817.31
$9,430.97
31.67
4,989.79
$14,452.43
$14,452.43
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT. 193
STATE AID.
Credit.
State of Massachusetts, amount paid in 1894 charged
to State S7,436.00
Debit.
Cash, paid monthly pay rolls . . ... 87,436.00
STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS.
Credit.
Appropriations, amount appropriated . . . 831,380.00
Debit.
Cash, paid State Treasurer, state tax .... $31,380.00
STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS, METROPOLITAN SEWER.
Credit.
Appropriations, amount assessed .... $22,230.79
Debit.
Cash, paid State Treasurer, assessment of 1894 . 822,230.79
STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS, NON-RESIDENT BANK
STOCK.
Credit.
Appropriations, amount assessed .... 8847.80
Debit.
Cash, paid State Treasurer, amount collected on non-
resident stock . . .... 8847.80
194 ANN[JAL REPORTS.
STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS, BURIAL OF INDIGENT
SOLDIERS AND SAILORS.
Credit.
Cash, received of the State Treasurer for burials in
1893 $ 17.50
Balance, Dec. 31, 1894, due from State Dec. 10,
1895 ........ 157.50
S175.00
Debit.
Balance from 1893 .... $ 35.00
Relief and Burial of Indigent Soldiers
and Sailors, amount paid for
burials in 1894 . . . 140.00
S175.00
STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS, INDIGENT SOLDIERS
AND SAILORS.
Credit.
Cash, received of State Treasurer .... $374.50
Balance, Dec. 31, 1894, due from State Dec. 10,
1895 282.00
$656.50
Debit.
Balance from 1893 . . .• . $360.50
Indigent Soldiers and Sailors, one half
of amount paid in 1894 . . 296.00
S656.50
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT. 194a
STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS, STATE AID.
Credit.
Cash, received of State Treasurer .... 86,736.00
Balance, Dec. 31, 1894, due from State Dec. 10,
1895 7,312.00
Debit.
Balance from 1893 .... $6,612.00
State Aid, amount paid in 1894 . . 7,436.00
STREET LIGHTS.
Credit.
814,048.00
814,048.00
Appropriations, amount assessed
.
844,000.00
Cash, received of Globe Gas Light Co.,
old lanterns
165.00
844,165.00
Debit.
Cash, paid Somerville Electric Light
Co., lighting ....
842,648.39
Moving lights ....
. 74.00
Wheeler Reflector Co., lighting .
39.60
Weston Electric Instrument Co.,
instruments ....
141.25
M. G. Staples, teaming
10.00
Charles E. Farnham, expressing .
1.60
Leighton W. Manning, car fares
3.90
Patrick O'Connell, moving posts
2.50
Henry W. Pitman, printing
30.35
Somerville Journal Co., printing .
4.25
842,955.84
Excess and Deficiency, balance to
credit of account . . . 1,209.16
844,165.00
104b
ANNUAL REPORTS.
SUNDRY PERSONS.
Credit.
Balance from 1893 .
Interest, coupons not paid
Water Loan Interest, coupons not paid
S 787.60
1,380.00
315.00
S2,482.60
Debit.
Cash, paid Sundr}' Persons amounts
due them ....
Balance to debit in account 1895
$ 592.50
1,890.10
tff ^ flK} ^ .\J\J
SUPPORT OF POOR.
Credit
Appropriations, amount assessed
.
$15,000.00
Cash, received for support of paupers
Of State of Massachusetts
^954.09
Of City of Boston .
466.22
Of City of Cambridge
265.49
Of City of Lowell .
6.00
Of City of Maiden .
13.60
Of City of Medford
61.05
Of City of Newton .
469.89
Of City of Northampton
24.65
Of City of Waltham
35.00
Of City of Woburn
21.35
Of Town of Brookline
2.00
Of Town of Canton
15.41
Of Town of Lexington
146.00
Of Town of North Andover
162.09
Of Town of North Adams
5.00
Of Town of Revere
114.55
Of Town of Stoneham
52.14
Amounts carried forward
$2,814.53
$15,000.00
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT. 19ic
Amounts brought forward . . 82,814.53 815,000.00
Of State of Massachusetts,
burials .... 78.00
Frank W. Kaan, guardian, aid
furnished .... 84.96
John C. Harris, aid furnished . 84.50
Charles Cooper, aid furnished . 39.00
Grace Farrell, aid furnished . 30.18
Samuel Collieson, aid furnished . 169.47
Patrick Buckley, aid furnished . 10.00
W. H. Roach, money not called
for 6.00
Elizabeth J. Bullock, money not x
called for ... . 5.00
Andrew Maloney, money not
called for ... . 3.00
Malachi Butler, money not called
for ..... 3.00
Relief and Burial of Indigent Sol-
diers and Sailors account, aid
furnished .... 41.00 3,368.64
Excess and Deficiency, balance to
debit of account . . .... 1,304.49
Debit.
Cash, paid Commonwealth of Massa-
chusetts, support of paupers . 81,265.16
Massachusetts School for the
Feeble-minded . . . 508.29
^Massachusetts Hospital for Dipso-
maniacs, etc., support of paupers 152.03
Worcester Lunatic Hospital . 2,228.99
Worcester Insane Asylum . . 838.03
Taunton Lunatic Hospital . . 79.85
Danvers Lunatic Hospital . . 1,155.98
819,733.13
Amounts carried forward . . $6,228.33 819,733.13
194d
ANNUAL REPORTS.
A}fiou7its brought forward .
$6,228.33
$19,733.13
Westboro Insane Hospital .
1,104.54
Somerville Hospital .
537.79
Boston Lunatic Hospital
169.46
House of the Angel Guardian
96.00
City of Boston .
391.55
City of Cambridge
250.15
City of Everett .
52.40
City of Worcester
5.15
City of Maiden .
767.39
City of Woburn .
12.26
Town of Chelmsford .
111.55
Town of Lexington
63.21
Town of Peabody
546.09
Town of Revere
367.86
Town of Raynham
104.00
Mary Burke, rent
72.00
John Murphey, rent
84.00
Ellen Driscoll, rent
48.00
Thomas Flemming, rent
12.00
Bridget Flemming, rent
12.00
Bridget Maher, rent .
60.00
Sarah Gill, rent .
72.00
A. E. Viles, Executor, rent
72.00
Maurice Terry, rent .
10.00
James Ambrose, rent .
84.00
EHzabeth Morrison, rent
84.00
Sarah Blake, rent
5.00
Michael Conlon, rent .
42.00
Malachi Butler, rent .
24.00
Owen McLaughlin, rent
52.50
O. H. Perry, Agt., rent
70.00
John Welsh, rent
12.00
Milo Scott, rent
12.00
Ann Kelley, board
69.28
Hannah M. Mayo, board .
169.45
$11,873.96
Amounts carried forward .
$19,733.13
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AXD COLLECTOR S REPORT.
194e
Afiiounts brought forward .
.
S11,873.9G
819,733.13
Ann H. Sawin .
69.28
Ellen M. O'Donnell, board
104.30
Morris Barry, board .
104.30
William R. Priest, board
108.55
Elizabeth Trainor, board
3.43
Charlotte Towle, board
68.56
Catherine Cronin, board
94.00
George Clapp, board .
212.17
Preston Cheney, board
212.17
C. H. Dunbar, board .
195.86
Hannah Egan, board .
76.53
W. H. Roach, board .
18.00
Mary Curran, board .
44.00
E. Wilcomb, board
38.99
A. B. Boynton, board
29.14
N. C. Desmond, board
19.28
W. H. Johnson, board
87.44
J. R. Parkin, nursing .
12.64
Margaret Dandley, nursing .
6.00
Reuben Dailey, nursing
5.00
J. H. Gordon, nursing
10.00
Mary Lynch, nursing .
10.00
James Bartley, groceries and
pro-
visions ....
.
96.00
Medford Street Market, groceries
and provisions
.
66.50
A. F. Carpenter, groceries
and
provisions
.
132.00
Lovell & Divoll, groceries
and
provisions
.
209.00
W. P. Blanchard, groceries
and
provisions
.
50.00
Wilham F. Ward, groceries
and
provisions
.
515.91
C. A. Small, groceries and
pro-
visions . . • .
•
292.00
Amounts canied forward .
114,765.01
819,733.13
I04f ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amounts brought forward . . $14,765.01 $19,733.13
F. E. Robie & Son, groceries and
provisions .... 27.00
Sturtevant Brothers, groceries and
provisions ... . . 222.00
James Cuthbertson, groceries and
provisions .... 6.00
J. A. Litchfield, groceries and
provisions .... 15.00
D. E. Watson, groceries and pro-
visions . . . . . 54.00
Charles F. Butters, groceries and
provisions .... 187.06
Sawyer & Read, groceries and pro-
visions ..... 445.50
A. Munroe, groceries and pro-
visions ..... 44.00
A. L. Leighton, groceries and
provisions .... 38.25
W. H. Bullard, groceries and pro-
visions ..... 196.99
J. Canavan & Son, groceries and
provisions .... 13.00
John Canavan, groceries and pro-
visions ..... 6.00
F. H. Turner & Co., groceries
and provisions . . . 3.50
George J. Russell, groceries and
provisions .... 31.33
R. M. Sturtevant, groceries and
provisions .... 229.00
E. R. Lovell, groceries and pro-
visions . •. . . . 27.00
F. Rhoades, groceries and pro-
visions . . . 12.00
Henry Gray, milk . . . 13.83
Amounts carried forward . . $16,336.47 $19,733.13
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
194g
Amounts b?'ought forward .
A. Fiske, crackers
Horatio Wellington & Co., fuel .
J. H. Mongan, boots and shoes .
Philip Eberle, boots and shoes
J. H. Brooks, dry goods
E. B. Bradshavv, clothing
Lakeside Novelty Co., disinfectant
Somerville Journal Co., printing .
Thomas Groom & Co., stationery
New England Telephone & Tele-
graph Company, rentals and
tolls
J. Q. Twombly, painting
M. G. Staples, teaming
A. M. Prescott, teaming
L. H. Brown, carriage hire
Howard Lowell, carriage hire
William Kirkland, carriage hire .
Wm. A. Flaherty, services as un-
dertaker ....
P. H. Rafferty, services as under-
taker .....
E. H. Marsh, services as under-
taker .....
John S. McGowan, services as
undertaker ....
C. C. Eolsom, salary as agent
Disbursements
Cora F. Lewis, salary as secretary
$16,336.47
15.73
739.77
27.65
85.70
18.80
5.50
1.25
5.50
0.75
78.25
5.52
5.75
8.00
18.00
8.50
2.00
53.00
20.00
34.00
41.00
1,500.00
312.99
400.00
819,733.13
TAXES.
Credit.
Cash, received for taxes of 1889
8 11.00
" u 1390
195.00
u u u u 1S91
216.40
819,733.13
Amount carried forward
S422.40
194h
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amount brought forward .
Cash, received for taxes of 1892
u u u u 1893
ii K it a 1894
; 422.40
33,831.00
133,060.25
562,885.52
Real Estate Liens, titles to the city for non-payment
of taxes of 1892
Overlay and Abatement :
Abatements on taxes of 1890
a u 1891
ii ic u ic 1892
a u ic u 1893
" a u a 1894
Balance to debit in account 1895 :
Being uncollected taxes of 1889
" " '' " 1890
" a u 1891
u ii a 1892
ii ii 1893
a a a a 1894
Debit.
Balance from 1893 ....
Appropriations, amount assessed for
current expenses
State of Massachusetts, amount
assessed for State Tax
State of Massachusetts, amount
assessed for Metropolitan Sewer
State of Massachusetts, amount
assessed on Non-resident
National Bank Stock
County of Middlesex, amount
assessed foi County Tax .
Overlay and Abatement, amount
added by the assessors
$ 18.80
63.40
192.00
6,107.30
4,758.33
$ 78.00
12,616.00
5,288.20
6,381.50
48,822.90
153,521.68
$730,199.17
60.00
11,139.83
226,708.28
$968,107.28
246,941.75
628,500.00
31,380.00
22,230.79
847.80
34,317.59
3,889.35
$968,107.28
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT. 1941
TEMPORARY LOANS.
Credit.
Balance from 1893 8219,800.00
Cash, borrowed by authority of the
City Council on city notes as
follows :
Commonwealth of Massachusetts,
nine months at 3J per cent. . $ 50,000.00
F. S. Moseley & Co., eight months
at 3 per cent. . . . 100,000.00
Brewster, Cobb & Estabrook,
four months at 2^^ per cent. . 100,000.00
Brewster, Cobb & Estabrook, three
months at 3 per cent . . 100,000.00
Brewster, Cobb & Estabrook, four
months at 3 per cent. . . 200,000.00
550,000.00
Debit.
Cash, paid as follows :
Blake Brothers & Co., eight
months, 6 per cent. . . S 5,000.00
Blake Brothers & Co., twelve
months, 6 per cent. . . 10,000.00
Blake Brothers & Co., twelve
months, 6 per cent. . . 1,000.00
Blake Brothers & Co., twelve
months, 6 per cent. . . 1,000.00
Blake Brothers & Co., twelve
months, 6 per cent. . . 5,000.00
Blake Brothers & Co., twelve
months, 6 per cent. . . 1,000.00
Blake Brothers & Co., twelve
months, 6 per cent. . . 1,000.00
$769,800.00
Amoiinis carried forward . . $24,000.00 8769,800.00
194 j
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amounts brought forward . . $24,000.00
Blake Brothers & Co., twelve
months, 6 per cent. . . 1,000.00
Blake Brothers & Co., twelve
months, 6 per cent. . . 1,000.00
Blake Brothers & Co., twelve
months, 6 per cent. . . 1,000.00
Blake Brothers & Co., twelve
months, 6 per cent. . . 1,000.00
Blake Brothers & Co., twelve
miOnths, 6 per cent. . . 1,000.00
Blake Brothers & Co., twelve
months, 6 per cent. . . 3,000.00
Blake Brothers & Co., twelve
months, 6 per cent. . . 10,000.00
Blake Brothers & Co., twelve
months, 6 per cent. . . 2,500.00
Blake Brothers & Co., twelve
months, 6 per cent. . . 1,000.00
Blake Brothers & Co., five months,
21 days, 6 per cent. . . 50,000.00
Blake Brothers & Co., twelve
months, 6 per cent. . . 4,000.00
Blake Brothers & Co., four months,
5J per cent 30,000.00
Blake Brothers & Co., four months,
5J per cent 20,000.00
Blake Brothers & Co., twelve
months, 6 per cent. . . 10,000.00
Mary Langmaid, six months, 6
per cent 4,000.00
Trustees of Estate of William C.
High, six months, 6 per cent. . 1,600.00
E. Isalia Norwood, six months, 6
per cent 2,000.00
$769,800.00
Amounts carried forward
$167,100.00 $769,800.00
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT. 194k
Amounts brought forward , . $167,100.00 $769,800.00
Trustees of estate of Mary Hutch-
inson, twelve months, 6 per
cent 1,900.00
George A. Hull, six months, 6 per
cent 1,000.00
G. T. Burnham, Trustee, six
months, 6 per cent. . . 1,500.00
Henry E. Wright, four months, 6
per cent 1,000.00
W. Irving Heald, nine months, 6
per cent 2,000.00
Charles A. Skinner, eight months,
6 per cent 1,000.00
Lavinia W. Smith, eight months,
6 per cent 800.00
Somerville Co-operative Bank,
twelve months, 6 per cent. . 10,000.00
Margaret Lawson, twelve months,
6 per cent 1,500.00
Commonwealth of Massachusetts,
nine months, 3J per cent. . 50,000.00
F. S. Moseley & Co., eight months,
3 per cent 100,000.00
Brewster, Cobb & Estabrook, four
months, 1^-^ per cent. . . 100,000.00
Brewster, Cobb & Estabrook, three
months, 3 per cent. . . 100,000.00
First Congregational Society, on
account of note dated May 22,
1893, on demand at 4 percent. 26,000.00
$563,800.00
Balance to credit in account 1895 206,000.00
$769,800.00
(12b)
194 1 ANNUAL REPORTS.
WATER LOAN INTEREST.
Credit.
Cash, received of City of Boston, Water Rates . $15,415.00
Debit.
Cash, paid on Water Loan Debt :
$253,000, one year, at 4 per cent. $10,120.00
$1,000, six months, at 4 per cent. 20.00
$94,500, one year, at 5 per cent. 4,725.00
$10,000, one year, at 5J per cent. 3,760.00
$15,415.00
Debit.
Balance from 1893 ... $ 596.67
Cash, paid laborers . . . • . 21,784.63
Nathaniel Dennett, salary as
superintendent . . . 1,500.00
Disbursements . . . 45.33
WATER MAINTENANCE.
Credit.
Cash, received of City of Boston, Water Rates, amount
appropriated $32,500.00
Dudley F. Hunt, et. al., use of
pipe as per contract . . $ 35.00
Sundry Persons, turning off and
on water .... 118.00
Commonwealth of Massachusetts,
iron pipe, etc. . . . 13.95
L. W. Dow, manure . . . 12.00
School House, English High,
labor and materials . . 6.48
John Mack, error in pay roll . 10.50
James Carr, money not called for 1.00
196.93
Water Services, amount transferred 147.65
$32,844.58
Amounts carried forward . . $23,926.63 $32,844.58
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR S REPORT.
194m
Atnounts brought forward .
Frank E. Merrill, salary as clerk
Disbursements
Sidney E. Hayden, salary as engi
neer ....
G. F. and S. E. Sturtevant, hay
and grain
Fulton O'Brion, hay and grain
J. A. Marsh, hay and grain .
J. F. Ham, hay and grain .
Nathan Tufts & Sons, hay and
grain ....
Seward Dodge, blacksmithing
Charles Maguire, blacksmithing
F. Dooris, blacksmithing
P. F. Culleton, blacksmithing
Edward O'Brien, blacksmithing
J. B. Rufer, blacksmithing .
Frank W. Leavitt, repairs of wag
ons ....
David W. Crocker, repairs o
wagons ....
Charles L. Underhill, repairs of
wagons . . . . .
I. B. Walker, repairs of wagons
C. Casseau, painting wagon
Ramsay Clark, painting
George W. Trefren, Jr., carpenter
ing ....
J. E. Parsons, plumbing
R. B. Baker, repairing shaft
James Russell Boiler Works Com-
pany, repairs of boiler
F. C. Aver, Agt., lumber
S. W. Fuller, lumber .
I. H. Brown & Co., lumber
823,926.63
900.00
7.95
1,100.00
459.21
67.06
20.52
57.10
27.02
240.14
70.25
82.30
16.35
3.50
1.00
19.00
33.00
151.20
13.50
30.00
5.55
113.10
12.50
3.25
250.75
29.72
66.81
16.00
832,844.58
Amounts carried forward .
$27,723.50
$32,844.58
194n
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amounts brought fo7-ward .
Whitney & Snow, hardware
W. E. Plumer & Co., hardware
Wm. B. Holmes, hardware .
Howe & FHnt, hardware
Charles A. Holmes, hardware
W. I. Heald, hardware
Perrin, Seamans & Co., packing
etc. ....
Smith & Anthony Co., fittings
Star Brass Mfg. Co., covers
Somerville Iron P^oundry, castings
Jaques Brothers, pattern work
Eugene McDonald, painting, etc
Henry R. Worthington, valve
Peet Valve Co., repairs
Coflfin Valve Co., repairs of
hydrants
George H. Sampson, fuse .
Thomas Allen, heater
A. C. Winning, mason work
S. M. Winter, setting glass .
J. Q. Twombly, setting glass
Harris Landers, logs .
Jeremiah Cahalen, logs
Warren B. Plympton, polish
Rufus W. Clark, polish
C. W. H. Morton, ladder .
I. G. Marston, washers
F. E. Fitts Mfg. Co., jute .
Sewall & Day Cordage Co.
manila ....
Henry C. Hunt Co., leather
H. H. Harvey, steel .
Boston Woven Hose & Rubber
Co., hose
Amounts carried forward .
^27,723.50
90.00
28.83
5.22
7.97
12.25
.67
73.14
136.40
12.90
34.00
214.05
148.75
47.70
3.85
18.85
3.45
4.00
32.45
2.25
2.25
3.75
8.00
2.15
2.00
12.00
23.75
14.68
9.55
9.75
5.50
104.25
$28,797.86
$32,844.58
$32,844.58
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR S REPORT.
194o
Amounts brought forward
Boston Belting Co., hose
Boston Lead Manufacturing Co.
lead
Boston Bolt Co., bolts
D. J. Bennett, harness work
E. Spalding, harness work
George H. Cowdin, drugs
Thomas HoUis, sponges, etc.
Cochran Chemical Co., acid
Frost & Adams, fluid .
Adolph Sommer, viscol
Elias Lathrop, ointment
William F. Low, oil .
Samuel Walker & Co., oil .
Climax Gasolene Co., oil
Sprague & Hathaway Co., frame
David Cutter, clock work
James Bartley, grass seed .
E. S. Conant & Co., salt
M. L. Vinal, directory
Somerville Journal Co., printing
Citizen Publishing Co., printing
Thomas Groom & Co., books
F. W. Barry, Beale & Co., sta
tionery ....
Walworth Manufacturing Co.
tools ....
Joseph Breck & Sons, tools
Andrew J. Morse & Son, tools
George W. Barnes, tools
Waldo Bros., tools
Key Stone Manufacturing Co.
tools ....
A. J. Wilkinson, tools .
S. J. Wood, repairs of tools
$28,797.86
20.69
24.83
6.00
14.10
94.48
4.80
4.70
3.41
.20
1.00
2.00
64.00
28.86
2.55
4.45
7.00
11.46
15.00
2.00
15.75
14.25
70.03
26.67
74.19
9.30
4.66
161.15
23.50
10.25
2.25
2.75
$32,844.58
Amounts carried forward
829,524.14
$32,844.58
194p
ANNUAL REPORTS.
A m n n ts b ?-o ugh t fo rwa rd .
George D. Goodrich, drain pipe
Charles E. Farnham, expressing
Stilphin & Co., expressing .
J. H. Brooks, dry goods
John S. Rice, pails
A. P. Simpson, sand .
Catherine Fitzgerald, sand .
M. J. Fitzpatrick, sand
Thomas Walsh, teaming
John F. Elkins, teaming
Grant & Co., teaming
T. F. Crimmings, teaming .
F. L. Grant, teaming .
Owen Cunningham, teaming
George F. McKenna, teaming
M. P. Canfield, loam .
Daniel Hoar, care of horse
Horatio Wellington & Co., fuel
B. F. Wild & Co., fuel
Smith & Wiley, fuel .
S. M. Fuller, fuel
J. A. Porter & Co., fuel
A. A. Elston, fuel
Somerville Electric Light Co.
lighting ....
Cambridge Gas Light Co., gas
New England Telephone & Tele
graph Co., rentals and tolls
H. S. Garcelon, use of telephone
City of Boston, water .
Fresh Pond Ice Co., ice
Charles R. Simpson, veterinary
services .
R. M. Johnson, removing soil
$29,524.14
17.26
.30
1.25
2.93
11.75
16.10
25.00
3.00
161.00
12.50
61.50
205.00
57.00
233.18
125.00
31.00
15.00
272.14
496.65
375.00
15.00
6.25
2.00
69.00
33.47
318.55
5.65
18.20
20.77
14.50
4.00
$32,844.58
Amounts carried forward
$32,154.09
12,844.58
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT. 194q
Amounts brought forward . . 832,154.09 832,844.58
Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection
& Insurance Co., premium of
insurance . . . .
100.00
William J. Willard, compensation
for damages . . . .
129.90
Nancy Richardson, compensation
for damages . . . .
25.00
L. Willard, compensation for
damages . . . .
7.50
J. J. Underbill, fuel .
1.00
Osgood & Hart, castings
116.08
$32,533.57
Balance to credit in account 1895
311.01
832,844.58
WATER SERVICES.
Credit.
Cash, received of Thomas Cooney, pipe
and fittings, etc.
8 9.40
F. E. Whitcomb, pipe and fittings,
etc.
10.96
Howe & Flint, pipe and fittings,
etc. . . . . .
1.23
John B. Safford, pipe and fittings.
etc. . . . . .
20.32
A. L. Proctor, pipe and fittings,
etc. . . . . .
10.00
Nevermisit Tennis Club, pipe and
fittings, etc. . . . .
4.20
A. L. Hollander, pipe and fittings,
etc. . . . . .
24.10
W. K. Lewis & Son, pipe and fit-
tings, etc. . . . .
47.80
L. B. Pillsbury, pipe and fittings,
etc. ....
23.46
Amount carried forward
$151.47
I94r
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amomit brought forward . $1 5 1 .47
Thomas Cotter, pipe and fittings,
etc 12.90
Grace S. Rice, pipe and fittings,
etc. . ... . 19.75
Wm. Franklin Hall, pipe and fit-
tings, etc. .... 7.78
J.O. Hayden, pipe and fittings, etc. 21.48
Albert Follett, pipe and fittings,
etc. ..... 15.75
J. F. Sanborn, pipe and fittings, etc. 1 0.00
Boston & Maine Railroad, pipe
and fittings, etc. . . . . 20.45
Highways account, pipe and fit-
tings, etc. .... 34.95
Public Grounds account, pipe and
fittings, etc 71.30
Fire Department, Hook and Lad-
der Station, pipe, fittings, etc. . 26.90
Fire Department, Chemical En-
gine and Equipment, pipe, fit-
tings, etc. .... 17.85
Schoolhouse Incidentals account,
pipe, fittings, etc. . . . 75.70
Schoolhouse, English High, pipe,
fittings, etc 152.70
Fire Department, Central Fire
Station, pipe, fittings, etc. . 91.00
Thomas R. Roulstone, pipe, fit-
tings, etc. .... 5.00
Sundry persons, money not called
for 2.50
$737.48
Water Service Assessments, cost
of services laid . » . . 5,541.75
Amount carried forward
S6,279.23
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR S REPORT.
194s
A77i02int brought forward
S6,279.23
Debit
Cash, paid laborers .
Summer & Goodwin, fittings
Perrin, Seamans & Co., fittings
Braman, Dow & Co., pipe and fit
tings ....
A. J. Morse & Son, fittings .
A. A. Sanborn, fittings
Smith & Anthony Co., fittings
Walworth Mfg. Co., fittings
Osgood & Hart, fittings
Somerville Iron Foundry, fittings
Boston Lead Mfg. Co., pipe
Smith & Winchester Co., pipe
Waldo Bros., cement .
Chapman Valve Manufacturing
Co., valves
Peet Valve Company, valves
G. W. Barnes, tools
D'Este & Seeley Co., screws
Boston Bolt Co., bolts
A. J. Wilkinson & Co., blower
Boston Belting Co., washers
Globe Gas Light Co., globes
Standard Brass Co., unions
Miller & Shaw, machine work
C. G. H. Bennink, castings
I. B. Walker, repairs of wagon
Nathan Tufts & Sons, grain
J. A. Durell, plumbing
H. W. Covell, plumbing
Somerville Journal Co., printing
and stationery
Citizen Publishing Co., printing
$2,688.89
1,209.17
354.43
27.45
4.00
1.42
332.80
240.83
122.36
345.28
225.67
24.86
60.00
2.80
5.25
40.88
10.31
5.00
3.82
1.05
130.75
70.49
10.29
2.50
86.49
3.73
3.15
20.00
21.00
Amounts carried forward
$6,092.33
$6,279.23
194t ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amounts brought forward . . $6,092.33 $6,279.23
J. O. Hayden, rebate on bill . 9.25
Nathan Simonds, rebate on ser-
vice assessments . . . 30.00
$6,131.58
Water Maintenance, balance trans-
ferred 147.65
$6,279.23
WATER SERVICE ASSESSMENTS.
Credit.
Cash, received of sundry persons, water services . $6,978.25
Balance to debit in account 1895 .... 84.40
Debit.
Balance from 1893 .... $1,520.90
Water Services, pipes laid in 1895 . 5,541.75
Debit.
Cash, paid N. C. Barker, overseeing . $498.00
Charles Booth, watering . . 469.77
Christopher Burke, watering . 388.17
Richard T. Blackwell, watering . 372.43
$7,062.65
$7,062.65
WATERING STREETS.
Credit.
Appropriations, amount assessed .... $7,000.00
Cash, received of abutters . . . $7,951.02
Edward L. Grant, second-hand
carts ..... 75.00
8,026.02
$15,026.02
I
1
Amounts carried forward . . $1,728.37 $15,026.02
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
194u
Amounts brought forward .
Frank Buttimer, watering
G. W. Cummings, watering
Owen Cunningham, watering
John F. Elkins, watering
Richard Falvey, watering
Martin Gill, watering .
Henry Gray, watering
Henry McAvoy, watering .
Philip McGovern, watering
George F. McKenna, watering
A. M. Prescott, watering
George W. Prichard, watering
Henry J. Turner, watering .
Benjamin Thomas, watering
John Walsh, watering .
Seward Dodge, repairing carts
I. B. Walker, repairing carts
L. A. Wright, repairing carts
Charles W, Ingalls, repairing carts
J. Miller, repairing carts
Birch Brothers, repairing carts
F. Dooris, repairing carts .
Boston Woven Hose & Rubber
Co., hose
F. C. Ayer, lumber
W. E. Plummer & Co., lock
Citizen Pubhshing Co., advertising
Somerville Journal Co., advertising
Thomas Groom & Co., book
City of Boston, water .
J. L. & H. K. Potter, watering
carts . . . . .
Excess and Deficiency, balance to
credit of account
$1,728.37
388.17
469.77
385.02
42.5.57
381.87
408.57
408.57
473.17
394.97
502.59
502.59
502.59
502.59
369.28
315.76
112.83
22.65
27.60
4.70
1.75
1.00
.50
7.50
1.90
.99
11.75
7.50
.50
3,521.20
3,093.75
814,975.57
50.45
815,026.02
815,026.02
194v ANNUAL REPORTS.
WATER WORKS EXTENSION.
Credit.
Balance from 1893 $ 14.94
City of Boston, Water Rates, amount appropriated . 30,000.00
Cash, received of City of Medford,
pipe $ 50.65
Town of Winchester, pipe . . 47.12
Town of Lexington, pipe . . 2.76
North Packing & Provision Co.,
pipe, fittings, and labor . . 1,382.93
New England Dressed Meat -^
Wool Co., bend . . . 16.29
Philadelphia, Reading & New
England Railroad, iron pipe
lost in transportation . . 348.24
Sewers Construction account, iron
pipe 9.40 1,857.39
Debit.
Cash, paid laborers . . . . S 5,387.90
Davis & Farnum Manufacturing
Co., castings . . . . 904.10
Osgood & Hart, castings . . 1,160.36
Somerville Iron Foundry, castings 985.95
City of Boston, castings . . 18.25
R. D. Wood & Co., iron pipe . 10,976.08
Warren Foundry & Machine
Company, iron pipe . . 3,012.19
Boston Lead Manufacturing Co.,
lead 2,142.18
Holyoke Hydrant «S: Iron works,
hydrants . . . . 1,671.85
Pratt & Cady Company, hydrants 1,182.00
Peet Valve Company, gates . 1,432.00
S31, 872.33
Amounts carfied forward . . $28,872.86 $31,872.33
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT. I94w
Amou7its brought forward . . 828,872.86 §31,872.33
Chapman Valve Manufacturing
Co., gates .... 160.10
Fairbanks Co., valves . . . 19.20
Walworth Manufacturing Co.,
boxes 32.85
James Russell Boiler Works, labor
on boiler .... 39.43
Leach & Grant, bricks . . 23.81
Perrin, Seamans & Co., packing . 15.34
Frank E. Fitts Manufacturing
Co., jute .... 12.25
Thomas Walsh, teaming . . 24.00
George F. McKenna, teaming . 20.00
Boston & Maine Railroad, freight 866.37
Fulton O'Brion, grain . . 31.88
G. F. & S. E. Sturtevant, grain . 40.62
George H. Sampson, powder . 11.95
Highways Account, paving blocks 62.40
$30,233.06
Balance to credit in account 1895 1,639.27
831,872.33
194x
ANNUAL REPORTS.
TABLE D.
BALANCES DECEMBER 31, 1894.
Cash . . ...
Overlay and Abatement
Public Property
Real Estate Liens
Sewer Assessments
Sidewalk Assessments
State of Massachusetts, Burial of
Indigent Soldiers and Sailors .
State of Massachusetts, Indigent
Soldiers and Sailors
State of Massachusetts, State Aid
Taxes .....
Water Service Assessments .
Excess and Deficiency
Fire Department, Central Fire Station
Fire Department, Central Fire Station,
Electrical Apparatus and Furniture
Fire Department, Chemical Engine
and Equipment
Fire Department, Hook and Ladder
Station .....
Fire Department, Hook and Ladder
Station, Equipment and Furniture
Funded Debt ....
Highways, City Stable
Overplus on Tax Sales
Property and Debt Balance
Public Library ....
Public Library Improvement
Reduction of Funded Debt
Schoolhouse, Edgerly Addition .
Schoolhouse, English High
37,713.22
4,073.85
2,195,271.64
964.70
10,353.10
4,989.79
157.50
282.00
7,312.00
226,708.28
84.40
$
2,096.56
3,713.57
3,143.68
501.47
767.52
31.00
1,344,500.00
4,148.12
102.13
850,771.64
9.55
3,00X00
9,256. 7
6rj.4S
37,296.67
Amounts canied forward
$2,487,910.48 $2,259,958.26
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR S REPORT.
194y
I
Amounts bi'ought forward .
Schoolhouse, High and English High,
Heating, Ventilating and Plumbing
Schoolhouse, O. S. Knapp Addition .
Schoolhouse, Ward Four, South Side
F. R. R.
Sewers, Construction .
Sundry Persons .
Temporary Loans
Water Maintenance .
Water Works Extension
S2,487,910.48 $2,259,058.26
7,202.72
2,876.54
54.51
7,978.07
1,890.10
206,000.00
311.01
1,639.27
$2,487,910.48 $2,487,910.48
REPORT
OF THL
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
<13)
CITY OF SOMERVILLE.
In Board of Aldermen, January 30, 1895.
Referred to the Committee on Printing, to be printed in the annual reports.
Sent down for concurrence.
GEORGE I. VINXENT, Clerk.
In Common Council, January 30, 1895.
Referred to the Committee on Printing, to be printed in the annual reports,
in concurrence.
CHARLES S. ROBERTSON, Clerk.
CITY OF SOMERVILLE.
School Committee Rooms, Somerville,
December 31, 1894.
To the City Council of Somerville : —
In accordance with the provisions of the Public Statutes, the School Committee
respectfully submit the following report prepared by the Superintendent of Schools,
which, in their opinion, embodies a correct statement of the condition and needs of
the schools of the city.
Respectfully submitted,
GORDON A. SOUTHWORTH, Secretary.
\
CITIZENS FOR WHOM SOMERVILLE SCHOOLS ARE NAMED,
SCHOOL COMMITTEE, 1894.
Hon. WILLIAM H. HODGKINS, Mayor, Chairman, ex officio.
FRANK \V. KAAN, President of the Common Council, ex officio.
S. NEWTON CUTLER,
GEORGE S. POOLE,
SANFORD HANSCOM,
MEMBERS.
WARD ONE.
Term expires
28 Flint street . January, 1895
46 Mt. Vernon street " 1896
1 Webster street . '' 1897
WARD TWO.
ALVAH B. DEARBORN,
HERBERT A. CHAPIN,
THOMAS M. DURELL,
34 Bow street
41 Walnut street
23 Bow street
January, 1895
1896
1897
WARD THREE.
NORMAN W. BINGHAM, 235 School street
QUINCY E. DICKERMAN, 85 Central street
THOMAS S. WENTWORTH, 350 Broadway
January, 1895
1896
1897
WARD FOUR.
BENJAMIN G. BROWN,
GILES W. BRYANT,
MARTIN W. CARR,
38 Professors' row. January, 1895
296 Elm street . • '' 1896
74 Craigie street . '' 1897
SCHOOL COMMITTEE, 1895.
Hon. WILLIAM II. HODGKINS, Mayor, Chairman, ex officio.
L. HERBERT HUNTLEY, President of the Common Council,
ex officio.
GEORGE S. POOLE,
SANFORD HANSCOM,
S. NEWTON CUTLER,
MEMBERS.
WARD ONE.
Term expires
46 Mt. Vernon street, January, 1896
1 Webster street . " 1897
28 Flint street . *' 1898
WARD TWO.
HERBERT A. CHAPIN, 41 Walnut street .
THOMAS M. DURELL, 23 Bow street
ALVAH B. DEARBORN, 34 Bow street
WARD THREE.
QUINCY E. DICKERMAN, 85 Central street .
THOMAS S. WENTWORTH, 350 Broadway
FRANK H. HARBISON, 192 Central street .
Januar}^, 1896
1897
1898
January, 1896
1897
1898
GILES W. BRYANT,
MARTIN W. CARR,
GEORGE A. MILES,
WARD FOUR.
296 Elm street . January, 1896
74 Craigie street . '' 1897
417 Highland avenue '' 1898
The Board holds its regular meetings on the last Monday evening
of each month, at 8 o'clock.
GORDON A. SOUTHWORTH,
Sec7'etaj'y and Superintende?it of Schools.
40 Greenville street. Office, English High School building.
STANDING COMMITTEES, 1895.
English High School. — Messrs. Carr, Hanscom, Chapin, Dickerman,
Poole.
Latin High School. — Messrs. Dearborn, Cutler, Bryant, Hardison,
Durell.
East Somerville DiSTRicr. — Messrs. Hanscom, Cutler, Poole, Huntley.
Prospect Hill District. — Messrs. Durell, Dearborn, Chapin.
Winter Hill District. — Messrs. Wentworth, Hardison, Hodgkins,
Dickerman.
Spring Hill District. — Messrs. Carr, Bryant, Miles.
West Somerville District. — Messrs. Bryant, Miles, Carr.
Rules and Regulations. — Messrs. Chapin, Dickerman, Cutler.
Finance. — Messrs. Poole, Carr, Huntley.
Additional School Accommodations. — Messrs. Hodgkins, Hanscom,
Durell, Wentworth, Bryant.
Repairs. — Messrs. Wentworth, Chapin, Poole, Carr, Dearborn.
Supplies. — Messrs. Bryant, Hardison, Durell, Poole.
Text-Books. — Messrs. Durell, Dickerman, Hanscom, Bryant, Went-
worth, Chapin, Cutler.
Industrial Education. — Messrs. Dickerman, Cutler, Chapin, Dearborn,
Carr.
Music. — Messrs. Hanscom, Dearborn, Wentworth, Miles.
Examination of Teachers. — Messrs. Dickerman, Miles, Hardison.
Salaries. — IMessrs. Cutler, Durell, Bryant, W^entworth.
Evening Schools. — Messrs. Bryant, Dearborn, Hanscom, Dickerman.
Private Schools. — Messrs. Dearborn, Poole, Miles, Wentworth.
EXAMINATION COMMITTEES.
Ninth Class. — Messrs. Poole, Miles.
Eighth Class. — ^vlessrs. Chapin, Dickerman.
Seventh Class. — Messrs. Dearborn, Bryant.
Sixth Class. — Messrs. Hardison, Miles.
Fifth Class. — Messrs. Carr, Hanscom.
Fourth Class. — Messrs. Cutler, Wentworth.
CONTENTS OF REPORT.
I.
Summary of Statistics and Increase in School
PAGE.
Accommodations in 1894 .....
10-12
2.
Additional school accommodations needed
13-16
3-
Attendance
16, 17
4-
Transfers of pupils
.
17, 18
5-
Admission of children in April
18, 19
6.
Teachers .....
19, 20
7-
Substitutes
.
20, 21
8.
The High School ....
/
21, 22
9-
English High School
22-25
10.
Manual training ....
25-27
II.
Hygienic conditions
.
27-30
12.
Evening schools ....
30-32
13-
Course of study ....
32-34
14.
School supplies
.
34, 35
15-
Work of special teachers
.
35. 36
16.
Grading ......
36-40
17.
In conclusion ....
40, 41
18.
Appendix ....
.
• 43-101
19.
Biographical sketches of Citizens of Somerville, after
whom schools have been named
.
. 102-110
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
FOR
1894.
To THE Board of School CoM>n'iTEE : —
The twenty-third annual report of the Superintendent of Schools
for the year ending Dec. 31, 1804, is respectfully submitted, being the
second of the present incumbent of the ofifice and the fifty-second of
the school department of the municipality.
It is an easy matter to sit down at the close of the year and esti-
mate the profits of a manufactory with a seven hundred thousand
dollar plant, in which, aided by the best modern appliances, two
hundred skilled workmen have been diligently engaged during the
twelve months in changing the crude material into the delicate fabric.
The value of the output as well as the cost of production is known, and
a balance may be easily struck. It is quite another task, however, to
calculate the gain or loss when, instead of silk and cotton and steel,
mind and heart and life are wrought upon ; when, instead of muscle
and steam and wheel and lever, the power exerted is that of intellect
and character alone, and when instead of a perishable product there
is one endless in its duration and limitless in its possibilities.
It is the province of a school report to deal mainly with one side
of the educational account, presenting the character and cost of the
work, showing the way in which the generous appropriations of the
city have been spent, exhibiting the material facts that may be
measured and seen, but leaving the question of the actual outcome
and profit of it all to be answered by the future.
Attention is called at the outset to the Tables in the Appendix.
They have been compiled and arranged with care and contain much
valuable information concerning the schools. They cover a series of
years, and are of historical value.
204
ANNUAL REPORTS.
I. SUMMARY OF STATISTICS FOR
1. Estimated population of Somerville
2. School population, May 1
o. Children attending school in December
4. Attending private schools " "
5. Attending public schools '' "
6. Attending High School " "
7. Attending grammar and primary schools in
December
8. Entire enrollment for year
9. Average number belonging
10. Average number attending
11. Per cent of daily attendance
12. Number of school buildings
13. Valuation of school property
14. Number of schoolrooms, without High School
15. Number of teachers in December
16. Salaries of teachers for 1894
17. Salaries of officers
18. Cost of books and supplies
19. Cost of water and light
20. Cost of janitors' services
21. Cost of fuel .
22. Total cost of day and evening schools
23. Cost for each pupil in average membership
24. Cost for each High School pupil
25. Cost for each grammar and primary pupil
26. Amount paid for new school buildings
27. Cost of repairs for year (including heating
apparatus of High School)
28. Entire sum expended for all school purposes
in 1894 ....
29. Expended by School Board
30. Expended by City Government
31. Valuation of city
32. Per cent of valuation spent to maintain schools
33. Per cent of valuation spent for all school pur-
poses .......
1894.
51,510
8,040
8,978
1,329
7,649
662
6,987
9,387
7,212
6,840
94.84
23
$673,200.00
155
186
$128,769.39
$4,150.00
$10,918.81
$957.67
$10,686.13
$9,672.73
$165,154.73
$22.90
$31.34
$22.12
$82,205.76
$44,763.69
$292,124.18
$144,795.87
$147,328.31
$44,192,900.00
0.374
0.661
dncc
OREN S. KNAPP SCHOOL.
Loring- &-= PhiJ>ps,
Aj-chiiecis.
OREN S. KNAPP SCHOOL.
school department. 205
Increase of 1894.
Notwithstanding a year of widespread business depression, the city
has maintained the average rate of growth of the last five years. As
shown alike by the school census and the school registration, the gain
has been about 450 children of school age, enough to fill ten new
schoolrooms. We may expect this rate of increase to continue for
several years. Will it not be wise to recognize and provide for it?
During the 23 years since its incorporation the population
of the city has trebled. This rapid growth has compelled large
expenditures for public improvements, chief among which is that for
schools. With the completion of the English High Schoolhouse the
city will have expended since 1872 for new school buildings alone, the
sum of $660,000, an average annual outlay of over 828,000. But our
educational interests are vital. The demands of the schools are
imperative, and who shall say that the prosperity of the city is not
directly traceable to its generosity in this direction?
To have anticipated this growth and provided school accommoda-
tions accordingly would have been impossible. Within five years five
of our school buildings — the Morse, Highland, Edgerly, Bingham,
and Knapp — have been enlarged. To have built them of their
present size at the outset would have seemed the height of presump-
tion, and yet the sequel shows that this would have been wise
economy, for the architectural difiiculties of unanticipated enlarge-
ments have entailed an increased expenditure that would more than
have paid the interest on the investment required for the larger
buildings. Does not this experience teach us that it will conserve the
financial as well as the educational interests of the city if our new
schoolhouses are made large enough not only for present wants, but
also for the inevitable needs of the immediate future ? At least, should
they not be planned so that additions can be made without either
wasteful expense or architectural disfigurement?
Twelve new schoolrooms have been provided during the year, but
as four of these were rendered imperative by the destruction of the
Webster Schoolhouse, we can claim a net gain of but eight.
The capacity of the Bingham Schoolhouse has been doubled by
the addition of four rooms in exact duplication of the original build-
ing. The enlargement was begun in October, 1893, and completed in
March, 1894, at a cost of ^14,916.87. The cost of the original build-
ing in 1887, exclusive of the land, was $13,224.36.
20(3 ANNUAL REPORTS.
The new rooms were at once filled, greatly to the relief of the
Forster School. Already it is apparent that the perfectly feasible
addition of six rooms would have been much wiser. The building
will be overcrowded in April, with no means of relief at hand.
A new building at the corner of Beacon and Kent streets was
begun in March of the current year and completed in season for the
opening of the schools in September. It is a plain but substantial
brick structure, thoroughly built, heated by steam, perfectly ventilated,
and containing four well-lighted classrooms with adjustable furniture
and all needed appliances.
The entire cost to the city has been :
For 13,883 sq. ft. of land $ 3,193.09
For the building, furniture, etc. .... 16,190.10
Total $19,383.19
An elevation and plan of the building are herewith presented.
At the request of the School Board, the City Council named the new
school the George W. Durell School, in honor of an esteemed citizen
for eleven years a member of the committee, and long identified with
the ethical and educational interests of our city, one whose life and
character furnish an inspiration and an example for the youth who
shall in coming years share the advantages of the school bearing his
name.
The enlargement of the Knapp School was begun in June and
completed in December, at a cost of about $15,000. It consists of a
building corresponding in its architecture to the original structure,
containing four schoolrooms, a ward-room, principal's office, and
teachers' room, and connected with the main building by ample corri-
dors. It is heated by steam, ventilated by modern methods, and
supplied with adjustable furniture, slate blackboards, and separate
entrances. A second floor plan of the whole building is herewith
presented.
GEORGE W. DURELL SCHOOL.
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II. ADDITIONAL SCHOOL ACCOMMODATIONS.
In the school report of last year certain governing principles were
presented which should be borne in mind in planning and providing
additional school accommodations. They will be recalled if they are
only mentioned at this time.
The first has already been considered. We should plan not simply
to see how present exigencies may be tided over in the easiest way,
but with a view to providing most wisely for the next five years and
their inevitable increase of two thousand children.
We should strive, secondly, to secure the gradual reduction of
pupils in a room to a teachable limit of forty or forty-five, not merely
in what are evidently congested localities, but throughout the city.
This will obviate the deplorable necessity of employing two persons
to instruct a single class.
Thirdly, it should be our aim steadily to lessen the number of
primary pupils in the twelve-room buildings, and to make them dis-
tinctively grammar schools. This means the construction of more
four-room buildings for primary purposes, where they can be easily
reached by little children.
In the fourth place, we should avoid erecting any more eight-room
buildings, because they are ill adapted to our wants and system of
grading.
Fifthly, we should recognize the fact that the Kindergarten is now
an integral part of every complete school system, and we should pro-
vide for the early establishment of at least eight in various parts of
the city.
And, lastly, we should plan to abandon as soon as possible those
relics of an earlier age, the Harvard, Cedar-street, and Beech-street
Schoolhouses. If circumstances had forced their use by residents of
the hilltops, they would have been indignantly vacated years ago.
But do not children of the poor, whose school life is necessarily short,
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have an equal if not a stronger claim on us for the best our schools
afford? Let tardy justice, then, be done them by the speedy replace-
ment of these ancient landmarks by better buildings.
What additional school accommodations are needed at the present
time ?
1. The most pressing need is at West Somerville. The increase
of school population has been twice as great during the year in this
section as in any other. The three schools west of Cedar street are
so crowded as to impair their efificiency. Seven new rooms could be
occupied in April if they were ready. To relieve the situation, last
year the enlargement of the Burns Schoolhouse was recommended.
This may ultimately need to be done, but at the present time the de-
mand is for room farther to the west. Another grammar school centre
is needed at West Somerville, and should be established as soon as pos-
sible in a twelve-room building, located, perhaps, on Holland street,
opposite Jay street. A building of this size will anticipate the needs
of the next two years, and in the location suggested will well accom-
modate all children living north of the railroad, and on Elm street
and west thereof. The remainder of the district as far east as
Cedar street would be tributary to the Highland School.
2. The need of more room at East Somerville was vainly urged
last year. Sixty children, the offspring of .patient and uncomplaining
but expectant parents, were on half-time from i\pril to July. This
experience will be repeated in '95, and three extra teachers will be
required. I renew the suggestion for a building of four or six rooms
on the lot adjoining the Prescott School on Myrtle street. The loca-
tion is central and would afford relief to the Edgerly and Davis as well
as the Prescott. It could be heated by the Prescott apparatus, while
the present yard-room and sanitary arrangements would be ample for
both buildings.
3. Some additional provision must be made for the primary chil-
dren in the Morse district, 40 of whom were on half-time last spring.
The Beech-street building, even if it could accommodate them, has
been rendered still more unfit for school purposes by the erection of
a house within ten feet of its easterly side, which shuts out both sunshine
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and light. A four-room building on its site would not only relieve the
Morse, and respectably house the Beech-street children, but it would
take one of the classes from the already overcrowded Durell School.
A twelve-room building, either here or on the Franklin lot, would
accomplish the same results, and much more that is dseirable*
Farther consideration may prove this to be the best form of relief.
4. A four-room building is much needed on Hudson street near
Lowell street. Primary children in this vicinity now go a long distance
to the Forster, or else to the Morse or the Burns. A building here
would relieve these schools. Forty-five per cent of the children in
the Forster are now in primary grades. Some of them must be
removed to make room for grammar classes from the Glines and
Bingham. The proposed new building would aid in this direction as
well as meet the wants of a rapidly-growing section.
5. It was confidently expected that the opening of the new build-
ing on Kent street would enable us to dispense with the Harvard
Schoolhouse, but we were disappointed, and it is still in use. This
old wooden building has served town and city for 43 years. Originally
built on Cherry street, near Elm, to accommodate the L. V. Bell
Primary School in 1851, then removed in 1867 to the rear of the
Franklin to take its overflow, it finally replaced an equally ancient and
valuable structure on its present site in 1871. It has been used alto-
gether too long, and should be abandoned, not only in the interests of
the children condemned to occupy it, but also for the credit of our
fair city. A schoolhouse, however, is needed in this locality. A four-
room building on Washington street, near Calvin, would house the
Harvard children and relieve the Knapp School, sure to be over-
burdened in the spring, and the already crowded Durell. It would
be filled in less than two years.
6. Two other four-room buildings will be needed before they are
completed. One should be located on Walnut street near the head of
Sunnyside avenue, to relieve the Glines and the Edgerly. The other
should be on or near the northeast corner of the city farm, to accom-
modate the overflow of the Bingham and to extinguish the Cedar-street
School.
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I am aware that these demands may seem rather formidable, but
they are presented in the order of their urgency, and in accordance
with principles previously enunciated. They cover the immediate
future as well as the present ; they look to a lessening of the number of
pupils now assigned to a single teacher ; they provide room for the
establishment of Kindergartens ; they locate primary schools within
easy reach of their occupants, and tend towards filling the large build-
ings with exclusively grammar grades ; and they close buildings belong-
ing to the Silurian age of education.
III. ATTENDANCE.
The work of the schools has progressed through the year without
interruptions or distractions. The theoretical school-year of 400 half
days has been shortened one tenth by omissions of the regular sessions.
Of the 39 half days lost, twenty-two are chargeable to holidays, nine to
stormy weather, two to a teachers' convention, one to the High School
exhibition, and five to the custom of closing in the middle instead of at
the end of the last week of the school year.
It is gratifying to observe that in regularity of attendance the
record of the year is the highest in the history of Somerville, the rate
being 94.8 per cent of the average membership. As compared with
last year, tardiness has decreased 11 per cent, dismissals 12 per
cent, and truancy 45 per cent. This somewhat remarkable result is
attributabel to the vigilance and influence of teachers, the ambition of
children, and the co-operation of parents. Another notable fact which
shows the undoubted growth of moral power among the teachers, is the
decrease of nearly 50 per cent in cases where it has been found neces-
sary to administer corporal punishment. More than one half of all the
occasions requiring the use of force arise in the fourth, fifth, and sixth
grades. Are children in these classes more difficult to control or less
amenable to moral influences than others, or is the disproportion
traceable to elements of weakness in the teaching force?
The custom of removing children from school during the month
of June is to be deprecated. In this way classes ar esometimes well-
nigh broken up during the last few days or weeks of the school year.
Some of the most important of all the work should be done at this
season. Equally erroneous is the supposition that no loss results from
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a few days' absence in September. The schools are all equipped with
needed supplies at the time of opening, and may get under way with
their regular programme at once, and every child should be present
to share in the advantage. The delay in the organizing of some
schools will this year be obviated by making all promotions and
arranging new classes in June instead of September. This will enable
even special teachers to begin operations on the first day of the term.
Tables 9 to 15 will show facts of attendance in detail.
IV. TRANSFER OF PUPILS.
Two things render necessary the frequent transfer of children from
one school to another : first, a lack of room in one building and a
supply in another ; secondly, the demands of classification and the
equalization of work among teachers. Hence it is not possible to
establish unchangeable lines between the schools of a district, nor
is it essential. Our school buildings are so near together that the
element of distance cannot affect the question. The instruction and
facilities for learning are equally good in all the schools. The course
of study, rate of progress, and basis of promotion are the same.
Nevertheless, objections on the part of both children and parents are
often encountered. They are generally based on sentiment, or on
prejudice for one school or teacher, or against another, or possibly on
fear of a descent in the social scale. In this matter, as in all others
pertaining to our schools, the greatest good of the greatest number
must control. It must be assumed as a matter of course, that any
child may be called upon to attend school this year in one building
and next year in another. These transfers, however, are not to be
made arbitrarily or with unjust discrimination, but in accordance
with the following rule : The pupils transferred shall be those living
nearest the school to which the transfer is to be made, the shortest
sidewalk distance being considered.
Nor should the lines between districts be inflexible or impassable.
There is no reason why some one who knows the whole situation
should not have authorit}^ to transfer children across district lines
whenever individual or school interests can be thereby promoted.
For example : At any time in the school year 1893-94, the Pope
School could have relieved the Davis of children enough to save the
(14)
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services and salary ($425) of an assistant. And at the Cummings
there has been no time during the past year when 25 children from
the Forster or the Morse could not have been accommodated in the
second and third grades. The same may be true at any time of the
Edgerly and Glines, or of other districts. If we could re-locate our
school buildings, transfers might be needless, but under existing
arrangements they should be both authorized and expected.
V. ADMISSION OF CHILDREN.
Under the present rules children are admitted to the first grade
in September and April. In 1894 there were admitted in
September, 626, of the average age of 5 years, 7.3 months.
April, 372, '' " '' '' " 5 " 7.3 "
Practically no children are admitted during the rest of the year.
It will be noticed that there is no difference in the average age of the
two classes.
The admission of 400 children in April greatly disturbs the organ-
ization of the lower grades and impairs their efficiency. At the present
time the average membership of the 25 first grades is 53. If more
are admitted they must be crowded into rooms already filled, extra
seats provided, some children improperly forced into higher grades,
and many of them put on half-time. Additional teachers must be
provided. Little children need the constant attention of a teacher
during the first two or three months of their school life. Our schools
present no more arduous task than that of the teacher of a first grade
with 50 or more children, the majority of whom are in school for the
first time. Certainly if assistants are ever needed it is in such schools.
No April children are promoted to the next grade in June. They
have accomplished but little. The teachers very properly feel obliged
to spend their time and energies on the majority who must be made
ready for promotion.
In view of all these disadvantages it becomes a serious question
whether it is expedient to admit any children in April. If it were
understood that this would not be done, instead of being held back,
most of them would be entered in September, thus permitting an
organization of the classes that would remain unchanged during the
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year, and result in a practical gain of time for the child. If this
should not be decided upon, the period of admission should be
shortened to cover the first week of the month.
Table 15 will show the number admitted from each school in
April and September, and the number on half-time.
VI. TEACHERS.
There are now 1^^9 teachers in the employ of the city, three of whom
are assistants in training without pay. During the year 19 teachers
have resigned, one of whom had taught successfully in our schools 25
years, another 17 years, a third 10 years, while the average term of
service of the remaining 16 covered a period of less than three years.
Of the 19, seven were attracted by more lucrative positions elsewhere,
four resigned on account of ill health, three to take advanced courses
of study, and five retired to engage in other pursuits.
In 1894,26 new teachers were elected, of whom six are collegiates,
nine graduates of normal schools, and five of training schools. Great
pains have been taken in their selection and it is believed that they will
prove valuable additions to our teaching force.
How to secure and retain the best teachers is the perpetual and
perplexing problem upon whose solution depends the success of all
our efforts in education. The teacher is the heart and soul of the
school. Upon her depend its life and power. In exact proportion
as the teacher lacks high moral character, the power of personal
influence, refined taste and manners, good scholarship, and thorough
professional training, the school fails to accomplish its purpose.
Given these qualities and the highest success is certain, irrespective of
material surroundings. We can get along with poor or crowded
buildings, with meagre or ill-adapted appliances, with enriched or
impoverished courses of study, but good teachers are indispensable.
It is perhaps too much to expect that every one of a large corps
of teachers should fulfil the ideal requirements. Some have the
future, others only the present in mind ; some teach children, others
nothing but subjects ; some control the motives of conduct, others
simply enforce orders ; some develop all the faculties symmetrically,
others train one, if any ; some are full of love and sympathy and help-
fulness for the slow, the weak, the unfortunate, others are self-centred ;
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some teach pedagogically, others keep school ; some grow, others
fossihze ; some are original, enthusiastic, inspiring, others follow
mechanically a dull routine ; some love their work and put heart and
conscience and soul into it, others are satisfied with the maximum
salary.
As for our own teachers, the great majority, if not all, are faithful,
conscientious, and devoted to the highest interests of those they teach.
They do their best within their limitations. They deserve, as they
receive, the generous sympathy, co-operation, and esteem of their con-
stituencies and the support and gratitude of the city whose bulwarks
they guard, and whose future is almost entirely within their control.
Tables 22 to 28 in the Appendix show the number of teachers,
lesignations, elections, transfers, etc., for the year.
VII. SUBSTITUTES.
During the year there have been 281 occasions for the employ-
ment of substitutes, who have served a total of 1,-155 half-days, and
have received the sum of $2,374.96.
There is no more fruitful source of interruption to school work
than the unexpected absence of regular teachers, more or less of
which is unavoidable under the most favorable circumstances. How
to render these absences least disastrous to the progress of the schools
is an important question. The position of a substitute is extremely
embarrassing. Suddenly called to take charge of 50 children, not
one of whom she knows, entirely ignorant of the work and attainments
of the class, without opportunity to make any preparation whatever
for the day's instruction, not strong to discipline or ready in emer-
gencies, is it strange that an ordinary substitute accomplishes little
more than to keep the children out of the street, and that the class
rapidly retrogrades? It would certainly be economy from an educa-
tional point of view, and involve but slight increase of expenditure, if
anv, to employ two or three thoroughly competent teachers to act as
substitutes whenever and wherever their services may be needed.
They should be perfectly familiar with the work of all the grades and
conversant with all the schools and their methods. When not em-
ployed in substituting they could render valuable service in large
classes or along special lines of instruction. The salary paid should
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be sufficient to attract and retain extraordinary teachers possessing
the peculiar qualifications required for such work. We cannot afford
to employ apprentices where master-workmen are needed.
VIII. THE HIGH [SCHOOL.
With the close of the current school year, the institution that has
been so long and favorably known as the '-Somerville High School" will
change its character and will be thenceforward known as the " Somer-
ville Latin School." A glance, therefore, at its honorable history will
not be uninteresting.
The school wfis organized May 3, 1852. It has therefore been in
existence nearly 43 years. For the first 15 years it occupied the upper
story of what is now the City Hall. For the next five years the entire
building was devoted to its use. Since 1872 it has occupied the
present building.
The average membership of the school for the first 15 years
was 76, that being the exact number with which it started in 1852.
In 18G7, however, Mr. Baxter, the present Principal, took charge of
the school with a membership of 110. Since then the number of
members has steadily increased, practically doubling every 10 years,
and reaching the maximum of 691 in the fall of 1894.
The first class was graduated in 1862, and contained six members.
The thirty-third class was graduated in June, 1894. It contained 111
members.
Since its organization 4,322 persons have been members of the
school, 1,255, or nearly 30 per cent, of whom have received diplomas
of graduation.
Ten years ago the school had outgrown its present quarters. Since
then it has been obliged to adapt itself to accommodations that have
become more and more inadequate each year. The division of the
school into sections and the adoption of the plan of two sessions
have prevented the situation from becoming intolerable. This has
entailed upon Principal and teachers increased labor and responsi-
bility, which have been met without complaint. The lack of recitation
rooms has compelled an average assignment of over 45 pupils to a
teacher.
But notwithstandinsj all these embarrassments the school has
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grown steadily in numbers, in popularity, and in efficiency. Too
much credit cannot be given to the Principal and his assistants for
their patience, fidelity, and success in the face of all the untoward cir-
cumstances of the last few years. Not only they, but the members of
the school and our citizens generally, are to be congratulated on the
prospect of rehef so near at hand in the completion of the English
High School building.
Table 21 shows not only the membership of the school and the
number of graduates since 1867, but also the steady gain in its mem-
bership as compared with the whole number of pupils in the city, and
the increase in the number of graduates as compared with the member-
ship of the school. ,
Table 29 gives the names of teachers since the organization, with
length of service.
IX. ENGLISH HIGH SCHOOL.
Ground was broken for the English High School building, Decem-
ber 5, 1893. The work has progressed with slight interruptions during
the year, and will doubtless be completed in ample season for the
opening of the school in September, 1895.
The work of organizing the new school and reorganizing the
old, defining the distinctive and mutual relations between them, estab-
lishing the various courses of study, selecting teachers and equipping
the schools with the best appliances — text-books, reference libraries,
laboratory furnishings, etc. — is the most important task before the
School Board of 1895.
The two High School buildings supply accommodations for a thou-
sand pupils and should be adequate for our uses for at least ten years.
The schools organized on the proper basis, should furnish whatever
education below the college or scientific school any resident of Somer-
ville may desire or justly claim from the city. It is not the province
of public schools to educate or train specialists in any line, — music,
elocution, art, science, professional or commercial life. They have
done all that can be rightly demanded of them when they have fur-
nished facilities for a general education that shall reasonably fit its
possessor for life and its duties in the home, in society, in the State.
The legitimate work of the schools includes training for higher
institutions of learning, — colleges and scientific schools, — but this
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should be subordinated to more important and more comprehensive
ends and aims. The character of a pubUc school system should be con-
trolled by the interests of the ninety-nine whose educational life ends
within it, rather than by the needs of the one whose education is com-
pleted beyond it. Too largely have the character and work of the high
school been dominated by the demands of the college. Too largely
even now is the college seeking to determine the scope and nature, not
only of secondary but of elementary education as well.
While opening its doors to all, and offering courses of study, gen-
eral as well as specific, the ordinary high school, conscious that the
criterion of judgment will be the number of admissions to college and
the future standing of its students therein, regulates its work to a great
extent by college requirements, and gives to candidates for higher
education the best and most of what it has to offer. Henceforth, in
Somerville at least, this is not to be the case. The Latin School is to
be distinctively the preparatory or fitting school for all higher institu-
tions of learning. Herein colleges and scientific schools will dictate
the courses.
The English High School, however, will be free from this domina-
tion. It will meet the broadest needs of those whose education ends
in the public schools. It will recognize the claims of those who are
to be artisans or traders as equal to the claims of those who are to
enter the professions. It will doubtless teach Latin, as furnishing un-
derlying elements for the study of English, and to give students who
change their plans with reference to college after a year or two, an
opportunity to enter the Latin School without loss of time. It will
teach the modern languages, of course, but its chief work will be, as
its name indicates, instruction in English, — in literature with its wealth
of knowledge and beauty, in the use of the mother tongue with its rich-
ness and power for the expression of thought, in history with its revela-
tions of the growth and progress of civilization, in science with its
marvellous disclosures of the secrets of nature, in mathematics with its
stern training of the reason, in commercial and business affairs with
their relations to life, in government and political economy with their
lessons of the duties of citizenship, in art and in music with their refin-
ing influences, in whatever knowledge those may desire whose educa-
tional life ends within its walls. The teaching will be such as to
strengthen and quicken the faculties, to cultivate individualism and
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self-dependence, to awaken a craving for more and better, and all its
influences such as to make the future of the graduates intelligent, un-
selfish, useful, happy.
A single course of study should emphasize and require a few things
that are fundamental, but it should offer a wide range of elective studies
to meet the varying tastes and necessities of all sorts of students.
Diplomas should be awarded for the amount and quality of work done
rather than for the completion of courses along prescribed lines, thus
permitting the widest freedom of choice. x\ll possible inducements
should be offered for the completion of a four years' course, but no
one should be debarred from taking any portion of it because restrict-
ing circumstances forbid more. What is done, however, should be
thoroughly done, for clear and definite ideas within narrow limits are
better than confusion and indefiniteness in a larger field. The sciences
should have a prominent place, for facilities for laboratory methods will
be unsurpassed. Drawing, music, elocution, physical training, long
excluded, or inadequately provided for by the necessities of the situa-
tion, may now receive their due share of attention.
Hundreds of young women are to graduate from the English High
School with their education nominally completed. Whatever they may
do immediately after graduation, each will eventually reach woman's
normal position, and become the head of a household. What prac-
tical knowledge and ability for the successful conduct of its affairs will
her education have given her? What will she know of household
management, of the art of cooking, of the chemistry of foods, of
hygiene, of sanitary science, of what to do in emergencies, of home
nursing and care of the sick, of household art and economy? Will
not a course in domestic science, which shall give some practical
knowledge along these lines, be a valuable feature of the new High
School, doing for the girls what manual training does for the boys?
Its aim and its methods should be educative throughout, the develop-
ing of character, of mental ability, of moral stamina, by the training
furnished. Sach a course involves the fitting of a room in the new
building adapted to these purposes. The expense would be inconsid-
erable compared with the results. It would be available for the in-
struction in cooking to the girls of the eighth and ninth grades of the
grammar schools. The attention of the Board is especially called to
this matter.
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Attempts to be more specific with regard to the organization of the
new school would be premature at this time. These suggestions
of the possibihties of the school and its general scope are given to
show the largeness and importance of the question before the
Board.
X. MANUAL TRAINING.
In its modern educational use the expression manual tiaining im-
plies instruction in any form of work with the hands that has for its
primary object the improvement of the intellectual powers of the
worker. Only incidentally does it lead to the acquisition of skill that
may help in the pursuits of industrial life.
Its earliest application to school life is found in the Kindergarten,
the occupations of which are arranged for the systematic development of
the child's powers through the exercise of his natural activities. The
'' gifts " of the Kindergarten are designed to develop the child's ability
to observe and classify the forms and appearances of objects, and aid
his efforts to obtain knowledge of them. The "occupations" enable
him to express his ideas of things, and to apply his knowledge to the
accomplishment of some specific end. The advantages of this system
of training for children between the ages of three and a half and five
years are too well known to need presentation here. In all places
where sound and progressive educational principles control, Kinder-
gartens have become firmly established.
They have been a feature of our school system for several years,
although not recognized by the School Board as an integral part of
it until the present year, when authority was granted to district
committees to establish them with the approval of the Board. At
the present time we have but one Kindergarten in operation, and
that is in the Prospect Hill School. Its sessions are held from to
12. It is well attended, and its value is generally recognized. The
extension of this fundamental feature of our school system is delayed
only by lack of room for the purpose.
Some forms of manual training, such as drawing, paper cutting
and folding, and clay modelling are taught in our primary grades. In
the grammar grades all that is done in this line beyond the excellent
work in drawing, is sewing by the girls of the fourth, fifth, sixth, and
seventh grades, and special work in mechanical drawing by the boys of
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these grades. The value of instruction in the use of the knife and
other tools in woodwork for boys of grammar grades is everywhere
acknowledged. As soon as suitable accommodations can be furnished,
it will undoubtedly be given to all boys of our eighth and ninth grades.
The term inanual training, as used in connection with high school
boys, has reference to work with tools upon wood, — simple forms of
carpentry, carving, turning, pattern-making, and cabinetwork, — and
also to work upon metals, — moulding, casting, forging, filing, turning,
and other machine work. This work is always accompanied by draw-
ing, working plans in all cases being first required. Manual training
schools are in no sense trade schools. They are not designed to
make boys carpenters or machinists. They give a knowledge, both
theoretical and practical, of the chief fundamental operations cf all
mechanical trades. The primary object and principal value are not
economic but intellectual, not to give skill to the hand, but power to
the faculties of the mind. Experience everywhere has proved their
value in this direction. It also shows that time taken for manual
training results in no loss of progress or attainment, but rather in dis-
tinct advantage along the line of purely scholastic work.
With this form of manual training nothing has thus far been done
in Somerville. Not that we have been unwilling to admit its value,
but so great have been the demands upon us for school accommoda-
tions and for expenditures in other directions, that we have been obliged
to forego it. We have, however, no longer any option in the matter,
for, convinced of its advantages as an element of education, the Legis-
lature of 1894 passed the following enactment : —
After the first day of September in the year eighteen hundred and
ninety-five, every city of twenty thousand or more inhabitants shall
maintain as part of its High School system the teaching of manual
training. The course to be pursued in said instruction shall be sub-
ject to the approval of the State Board of Education.
This compels us to incorporate manual training as a part of our
High School work.
When the English Schoolhouse was planned, several rooms were
set apart in the basement for this purpose. A complete outfit would
require four rooms, one for carpentry, one for wood-turning and
pattern-making, a forging room, and a room for metal working. Only
the first two of these are adapted to our building. To equip a car-
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penter shop with benches, tools, and lockers will cost 81,500. The
second room, equipped with motor, lathes, benches, tools, and lockers
will require an outlay of about S2,000. The annual salary of a com-
petent instructor will be at least 81,000. These rooms would enable
us to give all high school boys two lessons per week, and one lesson
to boys in the ninth grade of the grammar schools.
XI. HYGIENIC CONDITIONS.
Whatever affects the health or physical development of school
children is a matter of public concern, and it is incumbent upon those
charged with the conduct of educational affairs to see that everything
possible is done to promote health and vigor of body and mind. To
this end the following things are essential : —
Every school child should be supplied with ],<S00 cubic feet per
hour of pure air of comfortable and equable temperature.
He should have a chair and desk duly proportioned to his size,
where he can sit without the distortion or discomfort of any portion
of his body.
He should be seated within at least 20 feet of a window, through
which comes a plentiful supply of light from his left or from behind.
The tedium and confinement of his school hours should be broken
up by periods of relaxation, change, and muscular exercise, graduated
in length and frequency according to his age.
Reasonable opportunity should be given him to attend to his
natural wants.
As far as possible he should be protected from exposure in any
way to contagious diseases.
The work assigned him both in school and at home should be so
%visely apportioned that undue application or nervous strain may be
avoided on the one hand, and the influence of idle, listless, lazy habits
on the other.
To what extent are these hygienic conditions secured to Somerville
children?
As TO Fresh Air.
Four fifths of them breathe comparatively pure air. The rest
breathe in part the noxious exhalations of one another's lungs, air
charged with all sorts of impurities. The six stove-heated buildings
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and the Bell Schoolhouse have no means of ventilation but the
windows. The Prescott has a half-completed system of fresh-air
supply.
The High School, after twenty-two years of waiting, has been
supplied with a complete and perfectly satisfactory system of heating"
and ventilation, an adequate supply of fresh air being constantly
forced into every part of the building by mechanical means, while an
equable temperature is automatically maintained throughout the
twenty-four hours.
As TO Light.
Many of our schoolrooms are insufficiently lighted. The window
area of a schoolroom with ordinary exposure should be at least one
sixth of the floor area. In the Beech-street building, for example, it
is only one tenth, and in most of the older buildings it is far below the
standard. In many rooms the strain on children's eyes on cloudy
days is so severe, that considerate teachers dispense with eye-work.
In this connection it may be remarked that blackboard writing and
figures are often too fine and small to be easily read. Pupils are ex-
pected to read them, whether large or small, at too acute an angle. The
common habit of writing or ciphering with the neck twisted so that
one eye is several inches nearer the work than the other is a fruitful
source of optical weakness. Only teachers can correct these faults.
As TO Seats.
In many schoolrooms the chairs and desks are either too large or
too small for their occupants. This is owing to differences in the size
of children in the same class, to the use of the same room by different
grades in successive years, or to the necessity of using the furniture on
hand when changes or additions are required.
The extreme difference in the height of grammar school children
in the same class, will average about 13 inches, and of primary chil
dren about 10 inches. Of course, where single-sized seats are provided,,
as is generally the case, some children are forced to sit day after day
in constrained and unnatural positions at the expense of both comfort
and symmetrical development. Besides, the trouble is often aggra-
vated by chair and desk being wrongly adjusted to each other.
These serious evils are being lessened by the adoption of furniture
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made on hygienic principles and easily adjusted to varying heights.
The old iron standards now in use should be replaced by the adjust-
able pattern, a change that would involve little expense and result in
great gain. So long, however, as we are obliged to use the old-
fashioned furniture it should be readjusted whenever necessary to
adapt it to hygienic requirements.
As TO Exercise.
The recess midway of the session, as a period of out-door exercise
and play, has been superseded by a brief '' basement recess" for
primary grades, and ten minutes of gymnastic exercises for the others.
The change results in a slight gain in time, a marked advantage in
discipline, and no apparent loss of energy, or health, or interest.
It must not be supposed that twenty minutes daily spent in gym-
nastic exercises, however scientific or valuable in character,, can coun-
teract or neutralize the evil effects of five hours of sitting in cramped
and unhealthful positions in a vitiated and enervating atmosphere. It
would be wiser to strike at the root of the trouble. Nevertheless,
aside from their educative value, the gymnastic exercises serve for
change and relaxation, and in the majority of cases have great value
in promoting physical vigor.
As to Contagion.
The law regulating vaccination is strictly enforced. Parental
objection is rarely met. Two or three cases have occurred, when in
accordance with a recent amendment of the law, the certificate of a
regular practising physician declaring the child an unfit subject for
vaccination has been presented. Children from households in which
any contagious disease exists, are rigidly excluded from school until
all danger is passed. An exception is made by our rules in favor of
children affected by whooping-cough. Would not the exclusion of
such children, during certain stages of the disease, at least, be a gain
to the srreatest number? It certainlv would relieve the schools from
an annoyance that at times occasions serious interruption.
The question has been raised whether the use of text-books and
school material by all sorts of children in common, may not be a means
of spreading contagion. If danger exists, no effort is spared to reduce
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it to a minimum. Books exposed to infection are burned. With the
exception of books supplied in numbers sufficient for only a section of
the class, every child uses the same books exclusively. All books are
covered as often as need be, the expense being justifiable on the score
of cleanliness and increased durability as well as for sanitary reasons.
Paper is superseding the use of slates, being preferable in most grades
for utility as well as cleanliness.
Our schoolrooms are not cleaned as they ought to be. Floors,
woodwork, desks, and chairs should be washed thoroughly every two
months instead of every year. Whitewash, paint, and varnish should
be freely used, and every possible precaution taken to secure cleanli-
ness, and freedom from whatever may endanger health.
As TO Overwork.
Are children overworked in our schools? No. On the contrar}^
they are underworked both in school and out of it. Too much is
done for them, too little by them. Closer application, greater self-
activity and self-dependence, more sturdy wiestling with difficulties,
and less coddling and vicarious effort on the part of the teacher are
needed to produce strong, self-reliant students with power to think
and to do.
XII. EVENING SCHOOLS.
The city is required by law to maintain "evening schools for the
instruction of persons over 12 years of age in orthography, reading,
writing, geography, arithmetic, drawing, the history of the United
States, and good behavior." In compliance with this law, for several
years three common evening schools have been opened in different
parts of the city in the month of October, and continued for four
evenings a week, closing about Christmas, after from 40 to 50 sessions.
These schools generally open with good numbers, and a commendable
degree of interest. Very soon, however, the interest diminishes, and
one by one the attendants drop out until when the schools close but
few remain. For the last five years the average attendance has been
only two fifths of the enrollment. For 1894 it has been even less, the
enrollment being 391, and the average attendance 86, or 22 per cent.
The industrious few who attend regularly, make satisfactory, and in
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some cases, remarkable progress. The many, who either come very
irregularly or else leave the school early in the season, profit little.
These schools are expensive. When we consider that they are in
session but a hundred' hours during the year, we find that the meagre
acquirements of the evening school pupil cost the city annually
about three times as much as it pays for the education of a pupil in
the High School, and four times as much as it expends upon a child
in the day schools of lower grade. So long as we are compelled to
maintain these schools, in view of their cost ought they not to be
made to yield a larger dividend ?
There are many young men and women in our city whose edu-
cational advantages have been limited. Scores of boys and girls leave
our schools every year just as soon as they reach the compulsory
school-age limit of 14. These young people all need what
evening schools are designed to give. Cannot these schools be so
modified in their methods and organization, as to attract a larger and
more regular attendance with even a smaller outlay of money?
May not the three schools be profitably united into one, held in
the English High School building with a better classification, and
fewer teachers?
May we not secure greater regularity of attendance by requiring a
deposit of a dollar or two from every pupil who registers, to be re-
turned at the close of the term, provided attendance has been rea-
sonably satisfactory, a plan that has been found to work well in other
cities?
Will not the adoption of a regular course of study, and the award
of a certificate upon its satisfactory completion, be an advantage ?
Shall we not gain by increasing the length of the term at least to
the extent of holding five sessions each week instead of four? If this
should be done the extra session might be devoted ''to lectures de-
livered by competent persons on the natural sciences, history, and
kindred subjects," in accordance with an enactment of the Legislature
of 1894, "authorizing cities and towns to provide for evening
lectures."
Our city has reached a population of 50,000, and hence under the
law is obliged " to establish and maintain an evening High School,
provided fifty persons competent and willing to attend petition for it."
Should such school be demanded, it would naturally be kept in the
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English High School building, and thus all the evening school work
of the city could be concentrated under one management, with a de-
crease of expenditure and an increase of efficiency.
For several years, in addition to other evening schools, a school of
industrial drawing has been maintained, which has been regularly
attended by about 75 young men, who have pursued their work with
system, enthusiasm, and profit. In October of this year, in answer to
an urgent demand, a large class in free-hand drawing was formed, the
interest in which has been well sustained.
Table 18 in Appendix.
XIII. COURSE OF STUDY.
The work of teachers and pupils during the year has closely
followed the lines and the time apportionment established in the
course of study. The course is full and cannot be accomplished in
its details in the time allotted. The aim has been to emphasize the
essentials. Opinions as to what ^'essentials " are, differ widely. Each
one judges from his own particular point of view. In establishing a
criterion the fact must constantly be borne in mind that by far the
largest proportion of our school children never enter the High School.
Whatever the schools do to make the masses intelligent, useful, and
loyal citizens must be done before they reach the age of fifteen.
What will best accomplish this object is the vexed question.
The purpose of education is two-fold : The acquisition of knowledge,
and the acquisition of power. These cannot be separated. Power
comes of necessity through wise methods of imparting knowledge.
^' Not what is taught but how it is taught," and " Not what is learned
but who teaches it," have become' educational aphorisms. Besides
giving knowledge and power the schools should develop character,
not incidentally, but objectively. Character, indeed, is power, endless
for good or evil. The influence of a teacher and his methods are,
therefore, as much more important than the subjects laught as the
child is more valuable than the facts that he knows. But the ex-
pression '^ practical knowledge " is not meaningless. To fit him for
the activities of life a child must be taught to read our language under-
standingly. He must be able to speak and to write it clearly and cor-
rectly. He must have a knowledge of number sufficient for the
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ordinary uses of business life. He should have a general knowledge
of the land and world in which he lives. He should know something
of the history and the government of the country which he is to love
and serve ; and he must have some acquaintance with the laws by which
his life and health may be preserved.
There is substantial agreement everywhere that these subjects —
language, number, geography, history, and hygiene — are essential in
common schools. They are, however, practically unlimited in their
range, and hence, to what extent they should be taught has been a
subject of discussion.
To these generally acknowledged essentials we long since added
music, for its refining and elevating influence ; drawing, as a form of
expression and manual training, and a means of developing the artistic
sense ; book-keeping, to furnish a little knowledge of accounts ; sewing,
for its practical utility and training; gymnastics, for their hygienic in-
fluence and their value in bringing every muscle of the body under
immediate control of the will ; and more recently, the study of nature
and its laws as revealed in countless forms about us, sending the child
to the original source of knowledge to observe and investigate for
himself, and to
" Find tongues in trees, books in the running brooks.
Sermons in stones, and good in everything."
As soon as possible we shall establish Kindergartens, and provide
some form of wood-work for boys.
Shall we be satisfied to stop here, or shall we heed the suggestions
of those who speak to us from near the top of the hill of science, and
add, to an already overloaded curriculum, the studies of Latin, and
algebra, and geometry, and possibly a modern language or two?
Shall we consider the quality or the quantity, the thoroughness or the
variety of our teaching? The transfer of college-bound pupils from
the eighth grade of the grammar schools to the Latin High School
will leave us free to provide for the wants of the great majority who re-
main, untrammelled by the demands of the higher institutions of
learning.
Other cities and towns are experimenting with courses of study.
No one yet knows what is best. Shall we not do well to await the
result of the process of evolution? What we need is not additional
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subjects of instruction, but more thorough and scientific methods of
teaching what we already have. It may be wise even to ehminate
rather than to add. If we can secure the best teachers, reduce the
number of pupils assigned to each, provide suitable accommodations
and appliances, and give the teacher time and freedom to work with
individuals instead of classes, we shall have accomplished much
toward increasing the efficiency of our schools.
One test of successful teaching is the love of knowledge and the
desire for more which it creates in the mind of the learner. To
awaken interest, to excite thought, to create a love for study, to make
learning attractive, to produce dissatisfaction with present attainments
— these are among the aims of the true teacher. Those whose school
life is shortened by untoward circumstances need the inspiration of
these influences even more than the fortunate few whose opportunities
are unlimited.
It is very important that a love for good reading should be culti-
vated and strengthened among the boys and girls of the upper grades
of the grammar school. It is no easy thing to do this in these days
of cheap and enervating, not to say pernicious, literature. More good
books are needed in the upper grades, not scrappy selections, but
volumes of the best literature — of biography, of history, of poetry, of
travel, of the best fiction. These should be read under the direction
of teachers, not only aloud, but silently. To do this, time should be
taken from less important subjects. What better service can we
render our graduates than to send them out into a world of books
with a discriminating taste for good reading, and open to all the inspir-
ing and refining influences that come from the best in the field of
literature ?
Much may be done in this direction by a wise use of the public
library, but its supply of books is too limited in number to satisfy the
demands. A thousand dollars spent annually in carrying out these
suggestions would yield a larger return than any other equal amount
spent by the School Board.
XIV. SCHOOL SUPPLIES.
The attempt has been made to exercise due economy in the use of
supplies. Superfluous books have been collected from some school
buildings and distributed to others in need. Careful accounts have
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been kept with each school, and by the Principal with each teacher.
The last Friday of each month has been designated as '' book-inspection
day," at which time ail school property in the hands of pupils is ex-
amined, losses and injuries detected, and repairs and settlements
made. It has been the policy to keep each book substantially covered.
The covers are renewed when worn or badly soiled. The expense
has been considerable, but the advantage seems to justify the outlay.
To some extent in the upper grades, paper has been substituted
for slates. This substitution will be extended during the coming year,
in the interest of cleanliness and health as well as of habits of neatness
and care.
There has been an unusual outlay of $1,228 for music books, occa-
sioned by the purchase of a new book for the upper grades, and by
the need of preventing the annoyance resulting from the use of the
same set of books by different classes. Many books now in use are
badly worn, and will need to be replaced during the coming year.
In Tables 2 and 3 in the Appendix the cost of supplies
furnished to each school during the year is shown, as well as the cost
per capita. In making comparisons it must be noted that some
schools were better supplied with materials at the beginning of the
year than others. The unusual cost in the Bingham and the Durell
Schools is caused by the opening of new rooms.
XV. WORK OF SPECIAL TEACHERS.
No reports from special teachers have been requested. It is, how-
ever, but just to them to say that they have conducted their special
departments during the year with enthusiasm and success.
Drawing, under the direction of its efficient Supervisor, has made
steady progress. Increased skill and relish for the work, as well as a
growing taste for the beautiful are apparent in all the grades. The
time spent upon drawing in the primary grades has been slightly re-
duced and given to music and language.
As heretofore, two systems of teaching music have been in use
during the year, the Normal method in the five low^er grades, and the
National system m the other grades, including the High School.
Under the guidance of the enthusiastic Director, the lower grades
have made remarkable progress. Theory and practice have kept step
with each other, and a permanent foundation has been laid for ad-
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vanced work. The difficulties of transition from one system to
another in the sixth grade have this year been hardly noticeable.
Of the work in music in the upper grammar grades and in the
High School, it need only be said that it has been under the direction
of the veteran teacher of music, so intimately connected with the
musical taste and culture of the present generation of Somerville
citizens. The crowded condition of the High School has interfered
somewhat with the best results, but the completion of the new building
will give an impetus to the work in this direction, and will require
a readjustment of the time of the instructors.
Sewing continues to be taught to the girls of the fourth to the
seventh grades inclusive, in the same methodical and scientific way,
by the two teachers who have given character and distinction to the Som-
erville system of teaching sewing. No work done in our schools is
more practical or furnishes better training. It should be supplemented
by instruction in cooking, given to the girls of the eighth and ninth
grades.
In accordance with the recommendation made in the last annual
report, the efficient services of a special instructor in the Ling system
of gymnastics were secured at the beginning of the school year in
September. New interest and enthusiasm have been awakened, and the
exercises have taken on fresh life and vigor. If the same services can
be continued for the remainder of the school year, the work willbe estab-
lished on a permanent basis, and can thenceforth be conducted by the
regular teachers.
XVI. GRADING.
In the last annual report the subject of grading was discussed at
considerable length. Closer observation of the conditions and needs
of the schools furnishes no reasons for a change of view, but rather
confirms it, and leads to a renewal of the recommendations made a
year ago. The establishment of a five years' course in the Latin High
School for college-bound pupils leaving the eighth grade, will change
the situation a little, and lessen the necessity for hurrying children out
of the grammar schools.
The object we seek to accomplish is fourfold.
First, to keep the children whose education is to be limited, in the
grammar schools as long as possible, and to do the most for them
while they are there.
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Second, to give to bright pupils work in quality and quantity com-
mensurate with their ability, and at the same time to facilitate their
progress through the grammar schools in order that they may gain time
for advanced courses.
Third, to give those pupils who think slowly or mature late, an
opportunity to do their best without discouragement or undue expend-
iture of time.
Fourth, to give to mediocre pupils, who make the large majority
of every class, time and opportunity to do thoroughly, without haste
on the one hand or repression on the other, as much work of the most
advantageous kind as our courses offer.
These purposes can be accomplished without impracticable semi-
annual class promotions from room to room, by the plan outlined in
detail last year, the arguments in favor of which were then given.
A distinguished educator in a recent discussion of this general
subject, gives views that appear so sound as to warrant quoting him at
some length. He says —
" What shall be done with the boy who learns or seems to learn
more rapidly than his mates? Is not the answer to be found in the
proper conduct of the recitation, that is, in correct, broad teaching?
" Broad teaching has in view as its chief purpose the development
of the individual and, when it gives thought to anything else, teaches
subjects rather than lessons, sections, or paragraphs. It has little con-
sideration for classes as wholes, but sees them as composed of so many
persons, each of whom has a certain capacity for doing the work in
hand. A subject taught may be one thing to one child but a very dif-
ferent thing to another, yet it may be well taught to each. A child
while getting his first percepts may be profitably employed much of
the time m testing them by example, finding other like things, and by
authority, if he can read, getting the testimony of others who have
found and examined the same things. Knowledge, even on the per-
ceptive side, that is not confirmed by much testimony of example and
authority will not be firmly possessed. The teaching that does not
give opportunity for getting this kind of assurance and for developing
a self-confidence that proceeds from evidence secured by self-activity
is not the best. Of this kind of work the talented child will do much,
whereas a dull or lazy pupil will get nothing more with which to assure
himself than the work done in class by or under the eye of the teacher.
Then there will be as many grades between these as there are
pupils.
"The application of a subject may be narrow to one pupil because
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of his lack of ability to see and his lack of power to investigate, though
he may work long and faithfully, but very broad and far reaching to
another pupil who has power to see and the ability and disposition to
investigate for himself. The teaching that presents subjects to the
capacities of every child is the only teaching by which the graded
school can do justice to all who attend it, and secure the approbation
of all who send to it. Not rapid promotion by which the child is
rushed into one new thing after another, but correct teaching, by
which the child is given opportunity to broaden his knowledge of the
subject learned, to note its manifold applications in life, and to
acquaint himself with the labor and writings of those who have investi-
gated, mastered, and applied it, is the remedy for the graded school
evil. Not more machine that will grind the pupil finer and shoot him
through more rapidly, but less machine that will allow him more
opportunity to develop individuality, will offer to him better chances to
work for himself and to be wholly himself when at work, is the remedy
to be sought. The graded school must not be made a machine by
which the same horizon is fixed for all. A boy, broad minded (for his
age), practical, knowing how to teach himself, and knowing how to
learn and what to do with what he learns, may be graduated from the
grammar school at 15 years of age, but a boy of that age and having
like qualifications and corresponding acquirements cannot be graduated
from the High School. The requirements of the two modes of teach-
ing the course of study involve two kinds of student life that are
wholly unlike ; they are as different as self-activity and confiding
passivity.
*' Children under 14 years of age, however talented apparently,
with few exceptions, are not competent to study profitably the work
given in the first year of our high schools. Some of them may do
the work passably, as class work is too frequently rated, but they can
get very little good out of it, very little that will tell for manly inde-
pendent doing in life.
^'The minimum age at which the High School should be reached
should be prescribed ; the minimum' age at which the college should
be reached should be prescribed, and the attempt to reach either of
these goals at an earlier age should be proscribed. This should be
done in the interest of the future man, and in the interest of broader
knowledge.
'' Graduation from school, or membership in a higher class thereof,
ought to be evidence of culture and strength. That too frequently it
is neither need not be asserted. It is unwise from more than one
point of view to push the pupils rapidly through a graded course of
instruction, and no child should be allowed to think that to be pro-
moted or graduated is even a remote purpose of going to school.
^' In teaching, the attempt should be made to reach each individual
in the class, and to give such instruction and such direction for .home
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or seat work as will induce him to employ his whole self, to put forth
his best efforts for its accomplishment, and at the same time point out
the most profitable way of doing it. The recitation should be such
that the child is not only permitted, but is expected to present that
which he has done. The talented boy will give much, the mediocre
less, the more unfortunate boy little, yet each will give the result of his
best effort. To conduct the recitation by this plan the teacher must
employ the time allotted to the teaching part of it largely for the
development of principles, and such easy applications as require little
or no time for their interpretation or solution. In the recitation,
which is but a small part of the time devoted to school life by the
pupil of whatever capacity, the children can work together profitably.
In the hours of preparation, hunting for different kinds of testimony,
and making applications, the pupils work apart, as one man in business
or in a profession, distances another; each has full opportunity
for the exercise of all his powerS; each knows what to do and is inter-
ested in accomplishing as much as possible.
''The teaching required by the conditions that characterize the
profitable recitation can be done only by the well-informed teacher.
Acquired skill in the management of classes or in the presentation or
development of subjects will count for little in the absence of broad,
accurate knowledge. Poor teaching results more frequently from a too
limited knowledge of what is to be taught than from a lack of skill in
presenting or developing subjects.
" The teacher must not only know the subject he would teach, but
that he may properly direct pupils in their home work, he must know-
no less definitely many sources of knowledge respecting the same
which he can cite with great exactness. He must know the respective
values of such sources of information, the difficulties which each offers
to the searcher for information, that he mav correctly iuds:e of the
value of results presented to him. It is not enough to know the sub-
ject to be taught; where it can be learned and how it can be learned
are important in directing pupils, and how the subject is applied when
learned is not one bit less important. Equipped with this knowledge
the teacher is able so to conduct a recitation that each pupil will learn
according to his ability and his self-control, and so to direct the seat
or home w-ork that each will find abundant opportunity to employ his
whole time and energy in the preparation of work for the succeeding
exercise.
'•' If there is plenty of collateral work arranged and prescribed for
pupils, they who are well up in grade may be left for a greater part
of the time each day to take care of themselves while the time and
attention of the teacher may be given to individuals needing special
direction or other special helps.
'' Not only must good teachers be provided if the work here spoken
of is to be done, but appliances must be furnished by which it can be
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done, and opportunity given or allowed for doing it. Books must be
furnished on the right subjects, properly graded, and in numbers large
enough to supply classes. Bookcases, reference tables, and experi-
menting rooms must be provided- The work requires specimens for
study, apparatus and materials for making experiments. Time must
be allowed for visiting' museums, and for getting into the fields to
examine objects that cannot be brought into the schoolroom.
" The schools must not be too large. Forty or forty-five pupils is the
maximum number that a teacher can instruct and guide, except by
use of the machine. The more pupils he has the more machine he
must employ ; the more machine he employs the less culture, individual
strength, and knowledge will he give to the community for its outlay
of money and the time of the children.
*' By the correct kind of teaching and directing, pupils learn what
books are for, how to discriminate between the good and the bad in
books, and how to use them advantageously. The effect of the adjust-
ment of work to the capacities of pupils, and furnishing appliances for
their profitable employment is to give them a liking for study, the
result of which is that they remain longer in school and that the num-
ber that seek further advantages in higher institutions of learning
increases year by year. These effects are great enough in our schools
to be noticeable, and the increase is large enough to be measurable."
XVII. IN CONCLUSION.
A year ago, after a limited opportunity for observation, this remark
was made in my report : " It appears that our schools as a whole are
accomplishing the results for which they are established and sustained,
in as satisfactory a way as their crowded condition allows." This
statement can justly be repeated to-day, after a much more extended
opportunity for judging. Not that our schools are beyond criticism
or improvement under existing conditions. Far from it. No one is
better aware of this than Superintendent and teachers themselves,
and in this fact lies the hope of the future. Ideal standards are before
us, and it is our ambition to reach them. There is steady gain along
many lines. There is a growing appreciation of the value of a child,
a Quicker sympathy with his needs, a better knowledge of the mind
and the laws of its growth, more success in influencing life by control-
ling motives, a truer judgment of the relative value of studies, greater
.effort to reach the individual and meet his wants, more regard for the
correlation of subjects taught, an improvement in methods of teaching,
a desire to widen the horizon of knowledge both for teacher and
I
SCHOOL depart:\ient. 235
pupils, a conviction that less importance attaches to knowledge itself
than to the way it is obtained, a stronger determination to put soul into
teaching, to inspire noble aims, to implant sound principles, and to
incite to honorable achievement.
Chief among the results of the year's study of our schools is this
firm conviction, that the secret of success is with the teachers. They
alone touch the children. The city may provide costly buildings and
furnish the best appliances. The School Board may vote large salaries
and devise excellent courses of study. Supervisors may wisely counsel
and direct and lead. But the teacher alone is the life-giving force
that reaches the child and controls his future. Hence the teachers
selected should be what the children should become.
The citizens of Somerville have a right to expect much from their
schools. They have devised liberal things for them. They may be
assured that the schools are steadily improving in their instruction,
their discipline, their influence. They invite examination and criti-
cism and suggestion. They ask continued co-operation and support.
In return theyVill do their part towards making intelligent, virtuous,
loyal citizens, ready to serve their city, and maintain the high char-
acter and position it holds among the municipalities of the Common-
wealth.
The Superintendent wishes to assure the members of the School
Board of his grateful appreciation of their confidence and support,
and to thank principals and teachers for their hearty and sympathetic
co-operation.
Respectfully submitted,
G. A. SOUTHWORTH,
Super in tendefi t.
Somerville, Dec. 31, 1894.
CITIZENS FOR WHOM SOMERVILLE SCHOOLS ARE NAMED.
APPENDIX
r
CONTENTS OF APPENDIX.
CONCERNING FINANCE.
No. OF Tarle.
1. Schedule of school property.
2. Cost of maintaining schools, 1894.
3. Cost per capita of maintaining schools, 1894.
4. Cost of maintaining schools for a series of years.
5. Cost per capita of maintaining schools for a series of years.
6. Amount spent annually for new school buildings, and lor repairs for
a series of years.
CONCERNING PUPILS.
7. Population of Somerville for a series of years.
8. School census for a series of years, and by districts for 1894.
9. Attendance, etc., of the schools for 1894.
10. Statistics of the High School, 1894.
11. Separate statistics for Grammar and Primary Schools, 1894.
12. Number of schools and pupils by districts, 1894.
13. Pupils by grades, December, 1894.
14. Pupils in each grade, and per cent of whole number.
15. Admissions to First grade in April and September.
16. Truant statistics, 1894.
17. Number of Grammar School graduates, 1894.
18. Evening School statistics, 1894.
19. Grammar School graduates for a series of years.
20. Attendance statistics of all schools for a series of years.
21. Statistics of the High School for a series of years.
CONCERNING TEACHERS.
22
2
24
25
26
27
28
29
Resignations of teachers, 1894.
Teachers elected in 1894.
Transfers of teachers, as to schools.
Transfers of teachers, as to grades.
Leave of absence of teachers.
Time lost by teachers, 1894.
Number of teachers employed for a series of years.
Names of teachers in High School since its organization.
240 ANNUAL REPORTS.
MISCELLANEOUS.
No. OF Table.
30. Changes in text-books, 1894.
31. High School graduation exercises, 1894.
32. Grammar School graduation exercises, 1894.
;^;^. Teachers in service in December, 1894.
34. Amendments to School Regulations.
35. Recent State School Legislation.
36. Rules for the government of janitors.
27' Biographical Sketches of Citizens of Somerville, after whom certain
of its schools are named.
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.
241
TABLE 1.— SCHOOLHOL'SES.
•6
V
O 3
Size of
When
o 2
Name.
d ^
Ib-
Valuation.
o «
Enlargements.
>>
J"
Lot.
built.
V
1
High School,
^50,000
1871
23
2
Prescott,
12
21,444
47,000
1867
27
3
Edgerly,
12
26,428
47,000
1871
23
4 rooms added ] s82.
; 4 " " 1S92.
4
L. V. Bell,
12
23,396
47,000
1874
20
5
C. G. Pope,
12
27,236
G2,000
1891
3
G
0. S. Knapp,
12
24,517
47,000
1889
o
7
Forster,
12
27,499
47,000
1866
28
8
Morse,
12
29,109
47,000
1869
25
G rooms added 1890.
Highland,
12
23,260
47,000
1880
14
4 rooms added 1891.
10
J. T. Glines,
8
28,800
4G,400
1891
3
11
Bingham,
8
21,017
80.000
1886
8
4 rooms added 1894.
12
Prospect Hill,
6
4
25,313
21,000
1848
46
4 rooms added 18G5.
13
Davis,
4
. .
38,152
25,700
1884
10
14
Bennett,
4
1
20,560
10,600
1868
26
15
Jackson,
4
1
11,212
8,600
1861
33
IG
Cummings,
4
11,300
15,700
1884
10
17
Franklin,
4
33,017
15,600
1846
48
2 rooms added 1862.
18
G. W. Durell,
4
. .
13,883
19,000
1894
19
Burns,
4
16,080
15,700
1886
8
20
Lincoln,
4
. .
17,662
14,700
1885
9
21
Beech Street,
2
6,000
4,800
1872
22
22
Cedar Street,
1
800
1843
51
/ Moved from Broad-
1 way 1868.
r Moved from Cherry
23
Harvard,
1
155
6
9,810
3, GOO
1851
43
< street 1867, from
[ Kent street 1871
Total,
$673,200
242
ANNUAL REPORTS.
TABLE 2. — COST OF MAINTAINING SCHOOLS, 1894.
School.
Instruction
• and
Janitors,
Water, Heat,
School Supply
Total.
Supervision.
Light.
Expenses.
High . . .
^15,740 35
$1,645 60
$1,792 48
$19,178 43
Bell .
10,272 20
1,296 99
768 37
12,337 56
Edgerly .
10,095 42
2,219 90
875 08
13,190 40
Forster
9,106 66
1,329 65
730 40
11,466 71
Highland .
10,064 70
1,610 08
728 03
12,402 81
Morse / .
10,103 55
1,545 18
823 83
12,472 56
Pope
9,770 46
1,712 95
594 90
12,078 31
Prescott .
10,445 75
1,432 18
767 05
12,644 98
Knapp
7,687 00
1,287 37
607 09
9,581 46
Bingham .
5,016 94
902 44
760 87
6,680 25
Glines
5,740 68
1,068 65
459 10
7,268 43
Prospect Hill
4,109 33
606 13
170 91
4,886 37
Burns
3,064 06
586 62
120 67
3,771 35
Cummings
2,340 86
506 05
84 63
2,931 54
Davis
2,820 31
529 86
103 84
3,454 01
Durell
1,092 61
205 00
275 09
1,572 70
Franklin .
2,819 39
489 83
249 88
3,559 10
Lincoln
3,455 04
691 03
262 96
4,409 03
Bennett
1,929 29
311 95
43 59
2,284 83
Jackson .
1,892 04
353 91
59 87
2,305 82
Beech Street
1,349 03
178 70
64 19
1,591 92
Cedar Street
1,173 71
188 19
51 21
1,413 11
Harvard .
624 51
100 28
12 54
737 33
Evening School
1,905 50
. 236 00
260 15
2,401 65
English High
222 00
222 00
Spring Hill
60 00
60 00
Total
^132,919 39
121,316 54
$10,666 73
$164,902 6Q
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.
243
TABLE 3. — COST PER CAPITA OF MAINTAINING SCHOOLS, 1894.
Instruction
Janitors,
School Supply
Expenses.
School.
and
Supervision.
Water, Heat,
and Light.
Total.
High ....
$25 72
$2 69
$2 93
$Sl 34
Bell .
18 05
2 28
1 35
21 68
Edgerly
17 84
3 92
1 55
23 31
Forster
17 23
2 44
1 34
21 01
Highland
17 60
2 82
1 27
21 75
Morse .
17 82
2 73
1 45
22 00
Pope .
19 46
3 41
1 19
24 06
Prescott
18 65
2 50
1 37
22 58
Knapp
20 50
3 43
1 62
25 55
Bingham
15 83
2 85
2 40
21 OS
Glines .
15 99
2 98
1 28
20 25
Prospect Hil
1
17 87
2 64
74
21 25
Burns .
15 02
2 88
59
18 49
Cummings
13 77
2 98
50
17 25
Davis .
13 89
2 61
51
17 01
Durell .
13 49
2 51 •
1 35
17 35
Franklin
16 88
2 93
1 50
21 31
Lincoln
16 69
3 34
1 27
21 30
Bennett
15 69
2 54
36
18 59
Jackson
17 85
3 34
57
21 76
Beech Street
16 25
2 15
77
19 17
Cedar Street
22 57
3 62
99
27 18
Harvard
13 88
2 23
28
16 39
Average
$18 43
$2 96
$1 51
$22 90
(15)
244
ANNUAL REPORTS.
TABLE 4. —ANNUAL COST OF MAINTAINING THE SCHOOLS
FOR A SERIES OF YEARS.
Amounts are given to the nearest dollar and include what has been paid for
maintaining day and evening schools of all grades.
Average
Instruction
Water
School
Year.
Member-
and
and
Heating.
Janitors.
Contingent
Total.
ship.
Supervision.
Light.
Expenses.
1885
4,904
$ 79,506
$ 728
$ 4,965
$ 4,000
$ 8,449
$ 97,648
1886
4,985
83,542
624
4,929
4,194
6,676
99,865
1887
5,198
86,713
765
6,475
5,084
7,526
106,563
1888
5,488
88,967
953
7,121
5,892
7,421
110,354
1889
5,956
96,466
805
6,081
6,448
9,903
119,703
1890
6,486
104,184
1,004
5,586
7,539
10,371
128,684
1891
6,502
114,066
1,047
8,032
8,544
13,899
145,588
1892
7,035
124,232
1,064
7,148
9,795
12,944
155,183
1893
7,217
128,720
1,014
8,312
10.160
10,137
158,333
1894
7,212
132,919
958
9,673
10,686
10,919
165,155
TABLE 5.— ANNUAL COST PER CAPITA OF MAINTAINING SCHOOLS
FOR A SERIES OF YEARS.
[Based on the average membership.]
Ratio of
Instruction
Janitors,
School
cost of
Year.
and
Water,
Supply-
Total.
Assessors' valua-
school main-
Supervision.
Heat, and
Light.
Expenses.
tion of City.
tenance to
valuation.
1885
^16 21
^1 98
^1 72
$ 19 91
$ 24,878,400
.00392
1886
16 76
1 94
1 34
20 03
26,003,200
.00384
1887
16 68
2 37
1 45
20 50
27,469,300
.00388
1888
16 21
2 54
1 36
20 11
28,756,400
.00384
1889
16 20
2 24
1 66
20 10
30,004,600
.00399
1890
16 06
2 18
1 60
19 84
32,557,500
.00395
1891
17 54
2 71
2 14
22 39
36,843,400
.00395
1892
17 66
2 56
1 84
22 06
38,093,100
.00407
1893
17 84
2 70
1 40
21 94
41,773,600
.00379
1894
18 43
2 96
1 51
22 90
44,142,900
.00374
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.
245
TABLE G. — AMOUNT SPENT ANNUALLY FOR NEW SCHOOLHOUSES,
AND FOR REPAIRS
FOR A SERIES OF YEARS.
* Including heating apparatus in both High School buildings.
TABLE 7. —POPULATION OF SOMERVILLE.
1842 .
1,013
1875 ....
. ^1.594
1850 .
3,540
1880 ....
. 24,985
1860
8,025
1885 ....
29,992
1865 .
9,366
1890 ....
. 40,117
1870
14,693
1894 (Estimated)
51,510
246
ANNUAL REPORTS.
TABLE 8.— SCHOOL CENSUS, 1894.
Number of children in the city between 5 and 15 years of age, as reported
by the truant officer, on the first of May.
1885 .
5,608
1890
6,469
1886 .
5.296
1891
6,800
1887 .
5,722
1892
7,191
1888 .
5,959
1893
7,601
1889 .
6,135
1894 .
8,040
BY DISTRICTS FOR 1894.
District.
1893.
1894.
Increase.
Increase
Per Cent.
East Somerville
Prospect Hill ....
Winter Hill ....
Spring Hill ....
West Somerville
1,405
2,823
1,218
1,126
1,029
1,459
2,977
1,276
1,200
1,128
54
154
58
74
99
3.84
5,45
4.76
6.57
9.62
Total ....
7,601
8,040
439
5.78
Between 8 and 14
4,723
4,993
270
5.72
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.
24'
1—'
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in December,
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.
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cr. •-' =:i 3^ - V- v^ — >J X' r- r ' .^ t: 55 *: ^ " *r :*r I* ~ •*- 1 Enrollment.
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to
tc ^ — fc — re — t« ;c ^c s^ c« :r» Ci zn ir :n :;» r;
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tn O bo ic c. ii ^1 ^j — ic O 4- iS ^1 C to -J ;;« O Ci c; '.^ re
Average
Membership.
o
a
4-
o
ic ^ .— 1— — w_ ^ i; :^ c 4^ en :^ v» :.-i --T v» v- Average
;t ^ ^ ^r^ :: r. 5 ^ri 8 5 ^ 5 S ;^ 3^ 5-: ^ ^ t § 32 1 Attendance.
_
p^
.- -^ — —
Per cent of
Attendance.
4*
4-
be
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H-i-i i-ii-. — i-" ^ ^tc_-_-^ — tc! No. cases of
5 S g g 5 S ?: 8 ^ ^. H: 5 ?, i^ H Hi a rl :i -i S S n 1 Tardiness.
1
"be
"ere
O
i_.i— .i>o i—'-^.i-tC'— 'tc No. cases of
1— i>4xi_i)--' rc-^+^i— 'Ccx— 'Oi— '^it^^i-1— — C^:^ Dismissal
fco 00 4=- 4^ -^ ^ X a; ec -^ 4- tc tc 4- :^ to :;. tc — tc — tc i.'ismissai.
1
en
XI ^ "^cbc 1— '1— 'icic 'tctc No. cases of
4- :.c X -^ c c tc :;^ c; C -c ■-; r: tc t: -1 ~ — r: :,. Punishment.
'!+>' 1 "oz
!
ro ro— ' to— '>— 'eito:n4-c^:^r:r:t^:nc: No. attending
c: 4- --t --C to ic ~ X — ~^i ^s ^5 H- ^c --i — ^1 C; — t^ Gc c; ; in Tanuarv
-^1 --1 c: -- to in to to vi oc X -^ 4- c: ic 4- :n o :^ X -.r :^ 1 j^uudry.
1
-1
V
"Ci
to — ' ^ bo — to to — to tc ic :n :n r< cc — wT :n :n C". No. attending
1^ C: Ci ^1 >— ic — r: ^i C X c: — -^ r; ^i — wi Si Ci c: in December
O 00 o x^4- cc X -T --; -1 r: -c r: - — - - — - to Ci 00 to ^° i^ecemoer.
>f^
-q
4>-4'Ccioi;4^cn+'enJn*-:n4'4>-4>-4»-4>-4^c;fJ-4^4>.4i.
o:iOwOc4^4^f-i4^4i-4-r>cxcn::?wn^c: — 4-c;c;4-
Average No.
to Teacher
--1
-^
tc ::n to ^1 to to to ^ :n :n to ic ic u^ to ;n —
in December.
i
ex
:,-! No. over 15
^~^___..^^ ^if^rr^.-',-^^.--;::::"?^^'? years of age.
"bO
>-i4^C;3b04^r;cr:^itoc:X4-4^--ii-^;cic:^x:sc;toi— '
cc ^ 30 bo Ci ti ta -:i ic :7t :c o — wt i' -I c^ — c --^ tc X en
No. between 8
and 14 years
of age.
>
r
w
I
>
PI
2:
o
>
n
H
c:
w
r— I
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n
n
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c
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r
00
4^
248
ANNUAL REPORTS.
TABLE 10. — STATISTICS OF THE HIGH SCHOOL, 1894.
Whole number of different pupils during the year
Largest number at one time
Number admitted during the year
'' from our Grammar Schools
" from other schools .
'' graduated ....
" of graduates who entered college
^' of graduates who entered Scientific Schools
'' of graduates who entered Medical School
" who have left during the year exclusive of graduates
Whole number at the present time, December, 1894
Average number to a teacher
Number over 15 years of age
'^ in course preparatory to college
'' pursuing the regular course
*' pursuing the English course
'' pursuing the Scientific course .
" in the first class when it entered the school
" in the first class at the present time .
" in the second class when it entered the school
^' in the second class at the present time
" in the third class when it entered the school
'' in the third class at the present time
" in the fourth class when it entered the school
" in the fourth class at the present time
896
691
293
253
40
111
30
o
O
2
123
662
44.1
572
230
176
209
27
218
94
238
130
251
177
285
261
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.
249
TABLE 11. — PUPILS IX HIGH AND GRAMMAR SCHOOLS.
Number of persons in the city on the first day of May, 1804, between 5 and 15
years of age, 8,040.
Number between S and 14 years of age, 4,993.
Grammar
High School.
and Primary
Schools.
Total.
Annual enrollment .....
641
8,74(;
'.»,3S7
Average membership
612
6,000
7,212
Average attendance .
584
6,256
6,840
Per cent of attendance
95.4
94.8
94.8
Number cases of tardiness .
333
2,667
3,000
Number cases of dismissal .
2,509
2,509
Number cases of punishment
314
314
Membership, January, 1894
603
6,7S2
7,3s5
Membership, December, 1894
662
6,!»87
7,(;4".>
Average number to a teacher
47.3
46.8
46.9
Number over 15 years of age
558
392
950
Number between 8 and 14 years of age
15
4,213
4,218
TABLE 12. —NUMBER OF SCHOOLS AND PUPILS, BV DISTRICTS.
December 1"), 181)4.
No. of
Schools.
Number of Teachers.
Number
of
Pupils.
Number
in Ninth
Grade.
Average
DlSTRICjTS.
a
b
c
Number
to a Room.
East Somerville
Prospect Hill
Winter Hill .
Spring Hill .
West Somerville .
28
48
28
29
16
2
1
1
1
28
48
28
29
16
2
1
2
1,366
2,166
1,284
1,337
834
81
106
65
87
48.8
45.1
45.9
46.1
52.1
Totals .
8
149
8
6,987
407
46.9
a. Principals of ninth-grade grammar schools.
b. Regular teachers.
c. Salaried assistants.
250
ANNUAL REPORTS.
TABLE 13. — PUPILS BY GRADES, DECEMBER, 1894.
-<*
Teachers.
Pupils
Ave
rage
1 SI
6
Ase.
R^
E
Grades.
Women.
o u
US
2V
o-g
Schools.
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3 fi
C3
'tn
t/i
in
in
13
o
OS
4)
c
o
.s «.
<n C
. O
0-2
o'-S
^
a;
<
CQ
o
t-i
>
%
Z
a:
High . .
First Class . .
3
12
35
59
94
18
6
(I
Second " . .
35
95
130
17
4
(<
Third " . .
74
103
177
16
4
<(
Fourth " . .
Total . . .
Ninth . . .
3
7
106
155
261
15
7
12
250
412
662
Grammar
11
189
209
398
14
10
349
s
Eighth . . .
10
237
221
458
14
427
1
Seventh . .
1
14
270
320
590
13
4
395
35
Sixth . . .
14
313
355
668
12
5
466
18
Fifth. . . .
17
406
418
824
11
5
549
12
Fourth . . .
Total Grammar
Third . . .
8
17
1
417
417
834
10
2
652
23
83
1
1,832
1,940
3,772
2,838
103
Primary .
19
1
432
415
847
9
745
13
(( ^
Second . . .
21
2
516
468
984
7
10
675
14
((
First ....
26
6
705
636
1,341
6
4
765
26
Kindergarten ,
Total Primary
Total Grammar
and Primary
Grand Total .
1
20
23
43
•
8
66
9
1,673
1,542
3,215
*
2,185
53
149
10
3,505
3,482
6,987
5,023
156
11
161
10
3,755
3,894
7,649
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.
251
TABLE U. — NUMBER OF PUPILS AND PER CENT OF WHOLE
NUMBER OF PUPILS IN EACH GRADE IN DECEMBER, 1S04.
Grade. Pupils.
Per Cent.
r 1
1,384
IS.l
084
12.0
841
11.1
8P>4
10.9
824
10.8
l-i
o
0G8
590
8.8
7.7
458
G.O
398
5.2
10
2G1
3.4
11
_bJO ^
177
2.2
12
130
1.7
113
94
1.2
Total, 7,649
252
ANNUAL REPORTS.
TABLE 15. — ADMISSIONS TO FIRST GRADE IN APRIL AND
SEPTEMBER, 1894.
On
On
School.
April.
Sept.
Half
Time.
School.
April.
Sept.
Half
Time.
Bell .
23
15
Burns
35
35
38
Edgerly
31
45
Cummings
6
43
Forster
34
39
Davis .
21
17
Highland .
18
50
Durell
28
Knapp
28
50
47
Franklin
15
Morse
23
24
41
Lincoln
21
22
Pope .
8
49
Bennett
20
23
Prescott
16
41
60
Jackson
6
25
Bingham
29
38
Beech Stree
t 7
21
Glines
15
39
Cedar Stree
t 5
6
Prospect Hill
6
Harvard
5
16
Total
372
626
186
SCHOOL DEPARTIVIENT.
253
TABLE 16
TRUANT STATISTICS.
1893.
1894.
Number of visits to schools
747
795
Absences investigated
596
490
Cases of truancy ....
159
88
Truants arrested ....
10
8
Sent to House of Reformation
3
6
Decrease in cases of truancy 45 per cent as compared with
1893.
TABLE 17. — GRAMMAR SCHOOL GRADUATES, 1894.
Number
Number
Number receiv-
Certificated
that entered
Schools.
ing Diplomas.
for
the
High School.
High School.
Prescott
39
36
26
Edgerly
41
39
23
Pope
35
28
20
Knapp
32
20
9
Bell .
31
28
26
Forster
79
75
55
rvlorse
66
54
43 '
Highland .
. 68
62
51
Total .
391
342
253
254
ANNUAL REPORTS.
TABLE 18. —ATTENDANCE IN EVENING SCHOOLS, 1894.
Cost for October
" " November
" " December
Total
Cost per Pupil
Number of Sessions
$4:60 50
354 50
289 90
$ 1,104 90
^9 21
47
EVENING DRAWING SCHOOL, 1894.
Industrial.
Free-Hand.
October.
November
December
October.
November
December
Enrolled
120
123
123
98
108
113
Average Membership
109
99
83
82
90
63
Average Attendance
103
83
63
65
59
44
Per cent Attendance
94.5
83.8
75.9
79.3
65.5
69.8
Number of Teachers
5
5
5
3
3
3
Pupils to Teacher .
21.8
19.8
16.6
41
30
21
Cost of Instruction, etc.
" " Supplies .
" per Capita
Number of Sessions
$ 728 00
253 15
14 12
23
J;
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
ZOO
jc Gc ;x cc X 7- 7- /- x x
Zl il r c — o '-i X ~'i r^ -"t
4»-
O
ri •ir jr ~ i! ---' -' ,V ^- ll Prescott.
C5
^ g- XT rj 2 ^ r^ r- £:- r] Beii.
to
- 1 o- - 1 ~ — — -.t re IC to
-^ X -< — w< X — X r: X
Forster.
4-
Morse.
1 .>:rit^ti:;;t5;r.l^'J Highland.
I—"
*" ±: ±: I-i Edgerly.
o
cc o; OO'
wj rs ri
Pope.
o
o
w §^ ::§ Knapp.
to
to
4-
ooootcrooototctC'-'hB
0C^^^IV2h-X4-IOwI— '
c:: X o r: X ^ :^ — --1 I--
Total.
~-Jt0C;0C;CiO4^CCX:;0
4^wiCTtOO0^I^2Vi4-^-
Average
Membership of
Grammar and
Primary Schools.
1
bo
_Ct c: c: 4^ cn ci w» 4^ 4- 4- Percent of Aver-
cc C; I-' X ^1 in o --i to c; age Membership
to o w X H- o ^ r; ->^ ct Graduating.
1,863
rototo^ — '— — — Entered
cpt 4^ fcc S X Ci in 4^ So :,-« High School.
oo O X O ff^ w C-. Ci oo Ci
CiCiClCiwiCtCiCiCi^l
px O 1— ' ^1 ^ O 4^ c; ^1 00
o 00 bi to X J-' ^ c; bi 4^
4^Ofc0 00Ci4-:^r; — Ci
Per cent
entering of those
Graduating.
X
X
o
<
>
r
>
5?*
n
o
o
r
o
>
D
C
>
H
W
256
ANNUAL REPORTS.
TABLE 20. — ATTENDANCE STATISTICS FOR A SERIES OF YEARS.
Ratio of
Average
Average
Per cent of
Number of
Tardiness
December.
Enrollment.
Membership.
Attendance.
Attendance.
Tardinesses.
to Average
Attendance.
1885
6,276
4,904
4,627
94.4
2,480
0.536
1886
6,350
4,985
4,678
93.8
2,834
0.606
1887
6,605
5,198
4,879
93.8
2,699
0.553
1888
7,262
5,488
5,174
94.0
2,938
0.549
1889
7,757
5,956
5,585
93.8
2,780
0.498
1890
7,878
6,485
6,075
93.6
3,133
0.516
1891
8,510
6,502
6,091
93.7
3,182
0.522
1892
9,120
7,03.i
6,608
93.9
3,181
0.481
1893
9,632
7,217
6,790
94.1
3,375
0.497
1894
9,387
7,212
6,840
94.8
3,000
0.419
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
257
TABLE 21. — MEMBERSHIP, ETC., OF HIGH SCHOOL
FOR A SERIES OF YEARS.
Per cent of
Per cent of
Average
Largest
Average
Number of
j Average
Year.
Membership
Number in
Membership
Graduates of
Membership
All Schools.
High School.
of all
Schools.
High School.
of all
Schools.
1807
2,157
119
5.51
1
32
1808
2,285
141
6.17
17
0.75
I8(;i)
2,480
158
6.37
25
1.01
1870
2,(139
165
6.25
16
0.65
1871
2,549
161
6.31
33
1.29
1872
2,799
186
6.64
21
0.75
1873
3,217
190
5.91
28
0.87
1874
3,265
198
6.06
26
0.79
1875
3,515
213
6.06
31
0.88
187G
3,712
226
6.09
33
0.81
1877
3,788
227
5.91
•') 1
0.98
1878
3.992
250
6.26
31
0.78
1879
4,169
246
5.90
34
0.82
1880
4,278
254
5.93
27
0.63
1881
4,064
256
6.29
34
0.84
1882
4,263
280
6.57
33
0.77
1888
4,438
278
6.26
43
0.97
1884
4,804
315
6.55
46
0.96
1885
4,904
385
7.85
46
0.94
1886
4,985
374
6.70
56
1.12
1887
5,198
387
7.44
53
1.02
1888
5,488
435
7.92
60
1.09
1889
5,956
444
7.45
67
1.12
1890
6,485
487
7.51
60
0.93
1891
6,502
535
8.23
68
1.05
1892
7,035
577
8.20
80
1.14
1893
7,217
626
8.67
82
1.14
1894
7,274
691
9.50
111
1.52
258
ANNUAL REPORTS.
TABLE 22.— RESIGNATIONS OF TEACHERS, 1894.
School.
Teacher.
Time of
Resignation.
In Service.
High .
Carrie E. Strong.
Jan. 8.
4 months.
((
Mary M. Kingsbury.
June 30.
2 yrs., 4 mos.
«
Alice E. Sawtelle.
June 30.
1 jr., 5 mos.
((
Bertha L. Brown.
Sept. 1.
2 yrs., 1 mo.
«
Mary A. Pratt.
Nov. 26.
1 yr.
Bell
S. Minnie Wiggins.
June 30.
2 yrs., 7 mos.
Edgerly
Emma L. Zeigler.
March 26.
2 yrs.
Forster
Helen A. Smith.
March 26.
1 yr., 4 mos.
((
Cora F. Sanborn.
Dec. 21.
1 yr., 4 mos.
Highlanc
Agnes M. Ward.
Nov. 26.
1 yr., 11 mos.
Knapp
Harry N. Andrews.
March 26.
3 yrs., 7 mos.
Morse
Sarah S. Waterman.
June 30.
7 yrs.
((
Amy C. Hudson.
June 30.
18 yrs.
((
Stella Hall.
Nov. 26.
10 yrs.
Pope
Maria Miller.
June 30.
25 yrs.
Davis
Annie J. Richardson.
Dec. 21.
5 yrs.
Jackson
Annie W. Hatch.
June 30.
lyr.
Beech Street
Emma T. Tower.
June 30.
4 yrs.
Harvard
Carrie A. Fowle.
March 26.
1 yr., 7 mos.
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.
259
TABLE 23. — TEACHERS ELECTED IN 1894.
Schools.
Teachers.
Date.
Salary.
High ....
Mary A. Pratt.
January 29.
$ 800
<<
Carrie A. Marsh.
January 29.
700
((
Nellie S. Bakeman.
May 28.
750
(I
Florence H. Paul.
September 24.
800
<<
Florence K. Bailey.
September 24.
800
«
Esther Bailey.
December 31.
7.-)0
Cummings
Margaret L. Martin.
January 29.
400
Knapp
John S. Emerson.
March 20.
1,700
Pope
Charlotte S. Buck.
September 24.
000
Forster
Mary E. Bunton.
March 20.
600
<(
Ursula M. WiUard.
June 25.
400
((
Irena S. Nightingale.
December 31.
000
Bingham
Mabel E. Mansir.
January 29.
350
<(
Elizabeth J. O'Neil.
February 20.
000
<(
Harriet M. Ward.
June 2~).
000
Morse
Genevieve Allen.
June 2.">.
675
<(
Adelaide F. Eaton.
June 25.
600
Franklin
Jennie A. Chapman.
June 25.
600
Highland
Alice L. Hayward.
June 25.
500
Lincoln
P'lora A. Burgess.
Pebruary 20.
000
Durell
Grace Bosworth.
June 25.
ooo
(<
Mary Winslow.
June 25.
000
((
Edith L. Hunnewell.
June 25.
350
Harvard .
Grace B. Tibbetts.
October 29.
500
Supervisor of )
Physical Training J
Blanche A. Bemis.
June 25.
600
Davis
Lucia E. Estey.
December 81.
000
TABLE 24.— TRANSFERS OF TEACHERS AS TO SCHOOLS.
Teacher.
From
To
Nora F. Byard ....
Bingham.
Durell.
Ella M. Coops
Franklin.
Beech Street.
Grace Emerson
Forster.
Lincoln.
Carrie E. Fay
Lincoln.
Bingham.
Harry F. Hathaway
Lincoln.
Bingham.
Annie L. Savage .
.
Prospect Hill.
Jackson.
Ella F. Gould
Morse.
Forster.
Lennie W. Bartlett
Forster.
Morse.
(16)
260
ANNUAL REPORTS.
TABLE 25. — TRANSFERS OF TEACHERS AS TO GRADES.
Helen P. Bennett.
Anna C. Damon.
Gertrude L. Gardner.
Harriet A. Hills.
Gertrude C. Mason.
Annie G. Sheridan.
Addie E. Wentworth.
Grace Emerson.
Harry F. Hathaway.
Nora F. Byard.
Ella M. Coops.
From Grade 4, 5 to Grade 6.
i(
4
({
5.
u
6
((
7.
i(
5
''
6.
ee
3
K
4.
((
3
li
4.
ft
6
iC
7.
To prin
cipalship
of Lincoln
a
a
a
Bingham.
a
li
a
Durell.
11
a
i(
Beech Street.
TABLE 26.— LEAVE OF ABSENCE OF TEACHERS.
May 28. Addie S. Winnek, for one year.
May 28. S. Adelaide Blood, for one year.
Sept. 24. Anna E. Sawyer, for one year.
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.
261
TABLE 27. — TIME LOST BY TEACHERS IN 1894.
No. of
Days
Days per
School.
No. of
Days
Days per
School.
Teachers,
Lost.
Teacher.
Teachers.
Lost.
Teacher.
High .
15
46
3.1
1
1 Curamings
4
14
3.5
Bell .
13.6
95.5
7.0
Davis
4
15
3.8
Edgerly
13
47.5
3.7
Durell
4
2.5
0.6
Forster
13
:)0.0
4.3
Eranklin .
4
48.5
12.1
Highland .
13
50
3.8
Lincoln
4
21.5
5.4
Knapp
9.9
2r,
2.5
Bennett
3.3
3.5
1.0
Morse
13
32
2.5
! Jackson
3
6.5
2.2
Pope .
13
95
7.3
Beech Street
2
9.0
4.5
Prescolt
13
36.5
2.8
Cedar Street
2
4.5
2.3
Bingham
7.2
29.5
4.1
Prospect Hill
6
10.5
1.8
Glines
8
21
2.6
Harvard
1
5.0
5.0
Burns
4
20.5
5.1
; Special
! 5.4
i
19.5
3.6
Total .
178.4
i
715
1
1
4.0
Per cent of Attendance of Teachers, 97.8
TABLE 28. —NUMBER OF TEACHERS FOR A SERIES OF YEARS.
Assistants
Year.
High
School.
Grammar
School.
Primary
School.
Special
Teachers.
not in
charge of
room.
Men.
Women.
Total.
1885
9
63
48
>
1
10
Ill
121
1886
9
62
48
1
9
111
120
1887
10
64
48
1
9
114
123
1888
10
66
52
4
7
9
130
139
1889
10
60
56
4
7
10
127
137
1890
10
78
58
5
7
12
146
158
1891
12
86
63
5
13
12
167
179
1892
13
90
67
5
10
12
173
185
1893
14
88
63
5
19
12
177
189
1894
15
91
GQ
6
11
12
177
189
262
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Table 29. — TEACHERS OF THE HIGH SCHOOL SINCE
ITS ORGANIZATION.
Principals.
Robert Bickford, 1852 to 1854. Isaac N. Beals, 1858-59.
Leonard Walker, 1854 to 1856. Henry H. Babcock, 1859 to 1867.
Samuel J. Pike, 1856 to 1858. George L. Baxter, 1867
Sub- Masters.
Walter F. Marston, 1871 to 1875. Luther B. Pillsbury, 1878-79.
William S. Forrest, 1875 to 1878. Frank M. Hawes, 1879
Junior Sub- Master.
Charles T. Murray, 1887
Assistants.
Elizabeth C. Babcock, 1852-53. Eudora Morey, 1882
Charlotte Gardner, 1853-54.
Rebecca F. Ames, 1853-54.
Maria A. Merriam, 1854 to 1856.
Agnes GiUis, 1854 to 1856.
Lucy A. Dudley, 1856 to 1858.
Sarah E. Cushman, 1857.
Lydia A. Pearce, 1857-58.
Minnie C. Clarke, 1882 to 1887.
Laura E. Giddings, 1882 to 1889.
Frederic B. Hall, 1885. to 1887.
Josephine H. Short, 1887 to 1892.
Bessie R. White, 1887 to 1893.
Lilia E. Smith, 1889-90.
Mabell S. Clark, 1889 to 1891.
George C. Brackett, 1858 to 1860. Annie E. French, 1891-92.
Harriet E. Reed, 1860 to 1867.
Harriet E. Guild, 1860-61.
Elizabeth S. Owen, 1861-62.
Sarah L. Graves, 1865 to 1882.
Susan Osgood, 1867-68.
Mary E. Davis, 1867 to 1875.
f 1868 to 1873.
Sarah W. Fox.
(18
iD
Annette E. Long, 1869 to 1882.
Julia A. Stetson, 1873 to 1879.
Alfred Bunker, 1877-78.
Frederic Farnsworth, 1879-80.
Kate W. Gushing, 1880 to 1882. Florence K. Bailey, 1894
Sarah F. Litchfield, 1880 to 1892. Nellie S. Bakeman, 1894 -
Frances W. Kaan, 1882 — — Esther Bailey, 1895
Whole number, 58.
Mary M. Kingsbury, 1892 to 1894.
Bertha L. Brown, 1892 to 1894.
M. Isabel Goldthwaite, 1892
Lena Gilbert, 1892
Helen H. Wadsworth, 1892
Alice E. Sawtelle, 1893-94.
Grace A. TuttJe, 1893
Mary A. Pratt, 1893-94.
Carrie E. Strong, 1893.
Grace Weston, 1893-94.
Carrie A. Marsh, 1894
Florence H. Paul, 1894
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT. 263
Table 30. — CHANGES OR ADOPTIONS OF TEXT-BOOKS.
Grades 4 AND 5 — Frye's Primary and Potter's New Elementary
Geography in place of Barnes's and Harper's Geographies.
Grade 9. — Thomas's United States History in place of Barnes's.
Grade 3. — Scudder's Fable and Folk Stories.
Grades 1 and 2. — The Cecilian, Part 1. Desk book.
Grades 6, 7 Axb 8. — Potter's Advanced Geography. Desk book.
Grades 4, 5 and 6. — Ricks's Object Lessons, First Series. Desk
book.
Grades 7, 8 and 0. — Ricks's Object Lessons, Second Series. Desk
book.
Grade 8. — Tilden's Commercial Geography. Desk book.
Grade 9. — Appleton's Physical Geography. Desk book.
Warren's Physical Geography. Desk book.
Table 3L — GRADUATING EXERCISES OF CLASSES OF 1894.
HIGH SCHOOL.
The forty-second annual exhibition of the High School occurred
on Tuesday, June 26, at the first M. E. Church, in the presence of
a large and interested audience.
After the completion of the programme, His Honor, Mayor
William H. Hodgkins, presented diplomas to the one hundred and
eleven members of the graduating class.
264
ANNUAL REPORTS.
ORDER OF EXERCISES
PRAYER. Rev. G. W. Durell.
Singing.* — Bridal Chorus : " The Rose Maiden."
Cowen
SALUTATORY IN LATIN.
Francis P. Garland
READING. The Angel and the Shepherds. Wallace
Esther Shaw.
Violin Solo : Religious Meditation. Eichberg
Lottie G. Bowers.
READING. My Clock. Jerome
Charles H. Colgate, Jr.
DER DAEMMERUNGSVEREIN.
Georgina Crosby. Katharine L. Stebbins.
Helen A. Eldridge. Ethel F. Tucker.
Mabel L. Marston. Martha E. Vincent.
Annie G. O'Connell. Mattie G. York.
Maria Sandahl.
Singing. — Trio (in canon) : "William Tell." Rossini
Two-part Song : The Pilot. Millard
(Male voices.)
5. ESSAY. Ati Allegory.
6. READING. Deacon Tubman's Race.
Laura May Wellington.
7. FROM "TROILUS AND CRESSIDA."
Bessie F. Manning
Murray
Samuel P. Capen.
Frederick H. Packard. '
Samuel G. Underhill.
(Original Version in Greek.)
Winifred G. Hill.
Blanche M. Huse.
Singing. — Semi-chorus : In Arcady.
* Singing accompanied by Hadley's Orchestra.
H. K. Hadley
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT. 265
RECESS.
Music. — Waltzes: Florida ( Land of Flowers ). H. K. Hadley
Singing. — Recitative and Aria : Caro Nome. " Rigoletto.'' Verdi
(Instrumentation by S. Henry Hadley. )
Evangeline Norwood.
8. LES SEPT PECHES CAPITAUX.
Annie M. de Almeida. Anna L. Hodgdon.
Bessie A. Dadmun. Mabel G. Paul.
Mabel G. Delano. Mary E. Tirrell.
Mabel A. Fixz. L. H. Birmingham.
Florence W. Gooding. D. Wilbur Bowie.
Mabel A. Grant. Charles H. Tozier.
9. BACCHUS AND THE FROGS.
(Adapted from the Greek of Aristophanes.)
Prologue, Maude L. Soule. Bacchus, Charles E. Lord.
Queen, Ellen AL Griffin. With chorus of Frogs.
10. CLASS POEM. Alice R. McGann
Singing. — Bird Song. ( Female voices.) Taubert
Chorus : Sleighing Song. H. K. Hadley
11. READING. The Arena. Wallace
Florence R. Conant.
12. PROPHECIES. Percy F. Parsons
13. VALEDICTORY. Edith A. W^inship
14. PRESENTATION OF DIPLOMAS.
By His Honor, Mayor WilliAxM H. Hodgkins.
15. PARTING HYMN. Words and Music by Louis H. Birmingham
266
ANNUAL REPORTS.
MEMBERS OF THE GRADUATING CLASS.
Elizabeth Maud Baldwin.
Clara Hosmer Brown.
Ethel Maude Chabot.
Annie Elizabeth Chapman.
Elizabeth Paine Chapman.
Florence Winniefred Chase.
Matie Juliette Connolly.
Mary Delia Magdalene Cooney.
Bessie Adelaide Dadmun.
Kate May Dane.
Sallie Harris Davenport.
Matie Irene Dayfoot.
Mabel Guild Delano.
Susie Elizabeth Dewing.
Katharine Alphonsus Diggihs.
Helen Andrews Eldridge.
Inez May Felt.
Mabel Gertrude Fisher.
Mabel Alice Fitz.
Ada Belle Gilmore.
Florence Wellington Gooding.
Grace Mcintosh Gordon.
Mabel Alice Grant.
Rebecca Jennie Greene.
Ellen May Griffin.
Miriam Gunsenhiser.
Anna Louise Hodgdon.
Cora Isabel Howe.
Mary Lilian Le Bosquet.
Sophia Atkins Lombard.
Bessie Frances Manning.
Mabel Louise Marston.
Katharine Mary McCarthy.
Annie Frances McFadden.
Alice Robinson McGann.
Sarah Adelaide Merry.
Grace Howard Morse.
Evangeline Norwood.
Annie Gertrude O'Connell.
Mabel Gray Paul.
Bertha Lord Pierce.
Mabel Alberta Pettes.
Maria Sandahl.
Nannee May Sargent.
Ada Belle Scales.
Esther Shaw.
Maude Lillian Soule.
Annie Florence Stratton.
Gertrude Evelyn Taylor.
Mary Ellen Tirrell.
Ethel Florence Tucker.
Elizabeth Mabel Ward.
Laura May Wellington.
Mada Sevrens Wendell.
Blanche Wheeler.
Henrietta Louisa Yelland.
Louis Howland Birmingham.
Samuel Taylor Birmingham.
David Wilbur Bowie.
Arthur Abbott Clarke.
Alvah Frank Dole.
William Zobeskie Fleming.
William Clark Hammond.
James Henry Hunt.
Franklin Conant Kendall.
Charles Edward Lord.
Thomas Miller, Jr.
Henry Dudley Newell.
Joseph William Ralph.
Edwin Adams Shaw.
Amos Worthen Shepard.
Charles Herman Tozier.
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.
267
Course Preparatory to College.
Malcolm Campbell Anderson.
Samuel Paul Capen.
Charles Henry Colgate, Jr.
Francis Paul Garland.
Frederick Henry Packard.
Percy Fowler Parsons.
Leonard Holden Pote.
Nathan Parker Reed.
Herbert Richardson.
John Fulton Stevens.
Ralph Ricker Stratton.
Coleman Tousey.
Samuel Graham Underhill.
Anna Mackay De Almeida.
Edith May Barrows.
Ethel Townsend Bartlett.
Lottie Gertrude Bowers.
Lilian Estelle Clark.
Florence Reynolds Conant.
Georgina Crosby.
Florence Elizabeth Delano.
Elsie Grace Hatchard.
Clara Gertrude Hegan.
Sarah Elizabeth Hight.
Winifred Gertrude Hill.
Ethel Gulliver Hodgkins.
Blanche Manahan Huse.
Mattie Louise Littlefield.
Annie Maria Mahoney.
Ruth Janet Macgregory.
Josephine Lord Mitchell.
Katharine Louise Stebbins.
Harriet Alice Turner.
Martha Edwards Vincent.
Alice Lucretia Westgate.
Grace Rowena White.
Edith Annette Winship.
Martha Edith Winslow.
Mattie Gertrude York.
268 ANNUAL REPORTS.
Table 32. — GRAMMER SCHOOL GRADUATES.
The graduation exercises of the Grammer schools were held at
the First M. E. Church, Union 'square, on Thursday evening, June
28. Three hundred and eighty-nine graduates received diplomas at
the hands of His Honor, Mayor Hodgkins.
The following is the
PROGRAMME.
Part First.
1. OVERTURE. ♦♦ A Morning, Noon and Night in Vienna." Stippe
Hadley's Orchestra.
2. *SINGING. Four-Part Song. " Night Song." Rheinberger
3. PRAYER.
Rev. Edward S. Tead.
4. SINGING. Two-Part Song. " Wanderer's Evening Song."
Rubinstein
5. ADDRESS.
Rev. Edward Everett Hale, D. D.
Part Second.
6. SINGING. Vocal Galop. " The Revel of the Leaves." Veazie
7. ADDRESS TO GRADUATES AND PRESENTATION.
OF DIPLOMAS.
Mayor William H. Hodgkins.
8. SINGING. Vocal March. " The May Day." H. K. Hadley
* Singing accompanied by Hadley's Orchestra, under the direction of S. Henry Hadley, teacher
of music in the schools.
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.
269
PRESCOTT SCHOOL.
Graduates.
Annie Atkinson.
Warren J. Baldwin.
Mary E. Blood.
William E. Bolton.
William L. Bradford.
Annie E. Callahan.
Lillian V. Carver.
Annie C. Clifford.
Florence B. Cochran.
Charlotte M. Coner.
William F. Cutter.
Bertha L. Day.
Justin A. Duncan.
Helen A. Fitzgerald.
Alice S Frye.
Frank W. Grimes.
Walter M. Higgins.
William N. Howard.
Ethelyn L James.
Gertrude A. Lanagan.
Ethel M. Lord.
Edith E. Ludwig.
John Peck.
Minnie E. Price.
William A. Randall.
Alfred S. Rich.
Eva L. Simmons.
Ethel M. Smith.
Grace L. Smith.
Persis J. Sylvester.
Arden D. Webb.
George C. Webb.
Duncan Wemyss.
Benjamin F'. Wessells.
Marion R. White.
Rebecca R. Whitman.
Jennie D. Wilson.
Herbert L. Young.
William H. Young.
LUTHER V. BELL SCHOOL.
Charles M. Ambrose.
Arthur M. Blake.
William L Brown.
Amelia Lucile Brownson,
Allen Granger Chapin.
Mabel Vesta Coney.
Charles F. Cuddy.
Lillian May Cuddy.
Edna Belle Evans.
Frank E. Fitts, Jr.
Grace Iva Godfrey.
Walter E. Harmon.
James Henry Hegan.
Alida J. Kaula.
Arthur A. Kidder.
Graduates.
Ada Estelle Lawson.
Francis H. Lord.
Bradley Adams McCausland.
Thomas F. McGann, Jr.
Fred W. Miller.
Jennie Almira Milner.
Alexander Neeily.
Henry J. T. Pring.
Margaret M. Rice.
Edna M. Snell.
Malcolm E. Sturtevant.
Donald Graves Tead.
Effie H. Thorpe.
Susan Coolidge Woodman.
270
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Samuel A. Alcock.
Lilla M. Alger.
Dora B. Anderson.
Bessie W. Bailey.
Winogene Bennett.
Willard C. Braden.
Annie E. Bruce.
William A. Burns.
Clarence E. Gate.
Wesley W. Coe.
Frances G. Connell.
Lucy M. Cunningham.
Frederic M. Davis.
Gladys M. Dueheana.
Gertrude S. Dugan.
Bertha L. Hale.
William H. Hale.
Susie L. Hammett.
Elizabeth F. Hatchell.
Florence G. Kendall.
Florence Linnell.
EDGERLY SCHOOL.
Graduates.
F. Gertrude Lowell.
Bertha E. Lyman.
Ethel A. Manthorne.
Harry L. McPherson.
Agnes G. Mooney.
Sadie E. Nickerson.
Victor O'Brien.
Emma M. Petri.
Maude F. Quinn.
May A. Rich.
Jennie E. Scott.
Nelson C. Smith.
Jennie L. Stentiford.
Louis A. Taylor.
James F. Tirrell.
Lilla M. Walker.
Gertrude J. Webber.
Clarence W. Wentworth.
Harry B. Wentworth.
Joseph K. Wiswell.
OREN S. KNAPP SCHOOL.
Elizabeth M. Adams.
Ralph Samuel Adams.
Lida Bethia Belcher.
Alice Irene Budden.
Henry Maurice Cavanagh.
Margaret Teresa Cavanagh.
Ernest David Corliss.
Fanny May Daniels.
Charles C. Farnum.
Arthur Melville Fillebrown.
Maud Lee Hall.
Bertha Haynes.
Ray George Hoffses.
M. Gertrude Killian.
E. Gertrude Leighton.
Joseph J. Manning.
Graduates.
Charles Henry McLaughlin.
A. Maude McLean.
Flora Morris.
Thomas J. Mullen.
John White Mulliken.
Bessie Champney Olin.
John William Quinn.
George John Rauh.
William John Roche.
Leonard W. Rockwell.
Patrick Francis Ryan.
Margaret E. Simons.
Joseph Leo Vincent.
Charlotte S. Webb.
. James E. L. White.
Bessie Adelia Yerxa.
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT,
271
Charles P. Abbott.
Chester F. Adams.
Clarence E. Baker.
Herl^ert L. Barnard.
Herbert A. Blake.
Florence A. Bone.
George W. Bone.
Joseph E. Bowen.
Charlotte I. Browne.
Edna F. Burckes.
Ella M. Burgess.
Chester C. Burnham.
William H. Butler.
Leonard D. Chandler.
Gertrude Cheney.
Wallace J. Columbus.
William T. Coveney.
Bessie C. Crosby.
Albert G. Crowley.
William D. Crowley.
Ruby H. Currier.
Edna L. Gushing.
Phillip G. Darling.
jMattie L Desmond.
Nellie T. Donovan.
Nellie E. Drake.
Charles A. Fitzpatrick.
Alice P. French.
Louise S. Frost.
Mabel F. Fuller.
Raymond Gage.
Walter R. Gilbert.
Jessie F. Grieves.
Mabel G. Griffiths.
Waldo D.Hallett.
Annie M. Hammer.
Matie L. Hardison.
Addie C. Harlow.
Fred R. Harlow.
Fred E. Hilliard.
FORSTER SCHOOL.
Graduates.
Guy R. Hilliard.
Rubena M. B. Howard.
Jennie L. Hutchinson.
Lulu A. Jones.
Mary T. Kennedy.
Gustave A. Kuhn.
Charles A. Lamont.
Charlotte E. Leavitt.
Minnie G. Leavitt.
Agnes L McCoy.
Bertha A. McCrillis.
Annie L. McLaughlin.
Catherine M. McLaughlin.
Hector C. McLean.
Mary A. Mooney.
Ella F. Murdock.
Jennifred M. Noble.
Charlie L. Ogilvie.
Minnie B. Palmer.
Alfred B. Pearson.
Royal K. Peirce.
George E. Perkins.
Amelia E. Piccott.
Beaulia E. Porper.
Mabel J. Powers.
Lalia C. Raymond.
Harry E. Sawtell.
Frederick T. Scott.
William C. Stephenson.
George A. Stevens.
Herbert E. Stone.
Nellie T. Stone.
Harry M. Stoodley.
Helen V. Sutherland.
Charles L Todd.
Edgar P. Trott.
Helen U. Waldron.
Florence G. Williams.
Eleanor J. Wingersky.
272
ANNUAL REPORTS.
MORSE SCHOOL.
Graduates.
Maude Bezanson.
Mary Gertrude Blackwell.
Alice Edna Brown.
Helen Damon Carr.
Mary Emily Carr.
Charles D. Chase.
William H. Christie.
Harry Bickerton Clark.
Florence Sydney B. Clarke.
Janet A. Cowan.
Mary Emma Cox.
Louis F. Crowell.
A. Gertrude Cummins.
Gertrude May Currier.
Mabel Katharine Davis
Mabelle Catharine Deacon.
John H. Densmore.
Lillian French Dickinson.
Louise H. Dickinson.
Eda Florence Dolliver.
Charles E. Dyer
Adelaide R. Edmands.
Charlotte Cordelia Eldridge.
Hortense May Estes.
Emma Goldthwaite Fenton.
Charles Joseph Fulton.
Arthur Hall Goodwin.
Heathe L Gregory.
Nora Frances Hailissy.
Martha L. Haugh.
Ida C. Hilt.
Harry Garner Hooper.
Lester H. Jackson.
George F. Kendall, Jr.
Marion C. Kendall.
Margaret A. Lakin.
Florence Jeannette Lewis.
Daisy Mabelle Little.
Sarah Eva Logan.
Blanche Eugenie Lord.
Clara Louise Macken.
Agnes M. Moore.
Agnes B. Morehouse.
Mildred A. Nichols.
Mabel Allen Nye.
Herman E. Olsen.
Edward Thomas O'Neil, Jr.
Alice Maud Parrott.
Emma Franklin Paul.
Ethel Bennett Pitman.
Etta Frances Pratt.
Walter Ramsay.
Carl R. Ringdahl.
Winifred J. Roberts.
Alice G. Sartwell.
John J. A. Seitz.
Isaac Edward Sexton.
Michael F. Shea.
Carrie A. Smith.
Hubbard Vaughan Smith.
Etta M. Thorpe.
Charles Augustus Waterman.
Frank R. Wheelock.
William F. Willmann.
Alfred William Woods.
Fritz R. Zoeller.
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.
io
HIGHLAND SCHOOL.
Graduates.
Rose A. BlackalL
Bella M. Bland.
Mabel F. Bossey.
Sadie B. Bradshaw.
Estelle Bray.
Mae E. Brock.
Horace R Brown.
Ethel F. Browne.
Mabelle F. Bryant.
Josephine R. Burke.
Lillian L Cameron.
Horace A. Cammon.
Ruth P Capen.
Alvan W. Clark.
Harry V. Clark.
Frank E. Cleveland.
Eva M. Colesworthy.
John J. Comey.
James W. Cronan.
George B. Curtis.
William R. Davis.
William E. Dillon.
Henry W. S. Downs.
Lenora F. Downs.
John K. Duhig.
Laura M. Eastman.
Esther Ericson.
Irwin S. Felt.
Effie M. Fife.
Mabel P. Foster.
Constance E. Freethy.
Moses A. Gunsenhiser.
Ruth M. Harmon.
Harry T. Hartwell.
Maggie V. V. Herrick.
Bessie E. Howe.
E. Louise Hunter.
Josephine H. James.
Fred K. Jones.
George T. Jones.
William W. Lea.
Portia Lowe.
Ida M. Lynam.
Lizzie E. Marshall.
Joseph K. McRae.
Emma E. Mills.
Charles H. Munger
Franklin N. Parsons.
Albert L. Pearson.
Annie S. Peter.
Maud K. Phinney.
Wilbur J. Pierce.
Frank J. Pushee.
Harry N. Robbins.
Florence A. Russell.
Arthur L. Ryan.
Caroline V. Sargent.
Helen W. Skinner.
Percy C. Smith.
Ethel H. Sparrow.
Vivian L. Stevens.
Bertha W. Studley.
Edna F. Thresher.
Maud R. Tousey.
Agnes K. Wallace.
Clara L. Weitze.
Robert R. White.
Florence Young.
274
ANNUAL REPORTS.
CHARLES G. POPE SCHOOL.
Graduates.
Cornelius E. Ahern.
Carl F. Ashton.
Fred H. Ashton.
Ellen G. Bowen.
George H. Carter.
William J. Casey.
Edith G. Cross.
Grace L. Doherty.
Bernard D. Elkins.
Annie E. Foley.
Albert E. Gordon.
James T. Heshion.
John Higgens.
Maria G. Kelly.
Edward P. Lovering.
Forrest S. Lunt.
Mary Y. Martin.
Albert J. Meserve, Jr.
Florence E. Mitchell.
John H. Murphy.
William O. Packard.
Walter H. Pearson.
Jennie E. Perry.
Joseph P. Phillips.
Marion Pitman.
John W. Ouinlan.
Jennie L. Ray.
Annie L. Regan.
Percy E. RofFe.
Margaret G. Rooney.
Annie E. Sharkey.
Walter K. Smith.
Thomas M. A. Sweeney.
Lillian J. Trenholm.
Albert W. Wormwood.
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.
275
TABLP: 33.— teachers in service DECEMBER, 1894.
iCoLLEGE Graduate. 2Normal School Graduate. ^Somerville High School
Graduate.
HIGH SCHOOL.
Beginning
Name.
Grade.
Salary.
ot
Service.
George L. Baxter i
Principal
j552,400
1867
Frank M. Hawes i
Sub- Master
2,000
1879
Charles T. Murray i
Junior Sub-Master
i,<;oo
1887
Sarah W. Fox
Assistant
1,200
1808
Prances W. Kaan 2
(
850
1882
Eudora Morey 2
<
850
1882
M. Isabel Goldthwaite i .
(
800
181>3
Grace A. Tuttle 2
<
800
189:3
Mrs. Lena Gilbert
<
800
1893
Helen H. Wadsvvorth i
t
800
1893
Carrie A. Marsh i
(
800
1894
Florence H. Paul i
(
800
1H94:
Florence K. Bailey i
(
800
189-4
Nellie S. Bakenian i
<
750
189-i
BELL SCHOOL.
Beginning
Name.
Grade.
Salary.
of
Service.
F. W. Shattuck I
Principal
SI, 800
1890
May E. Berry 3
IX
675
1880
Emma F. Schuch 3
VIII
600
1874
Mary A. Bradford
VII
600
1888
Nellie S.Dickey
VII
600
1889
Vyra L. Tozier 2
VI
600
1892
Mabel T. Totman
VI
600
1892
Mary S. Rinn 3
V
600
1889
Ada F. Fernald 2
V
600
1893
Anna L. Alger 2
IV
600
1891
Edith J. Holden 2 .
III
. 600
1893
Martha E. Daniels 3
II
600
1891
Eliza L. Schuch 3
I
600
1882
(17)
276
ANNUAL REPORTS.
EDGERLY SCHOOL.
Beginnins;
Name.
Grade.
Salary.
of '-
,
Service.
Charles E. Brainard
Principal
^1,800
1889
Clara B. Cutler .
IX
675
1892
Annie L. Dimpsey
VIH
600
1891
Mary E. Richardson .
VH
600
1893
Gertrude L. Gardner 2
vn
600
1889
Mabel C. Mansfield 2 .
VI
600
189.3
Helen P. Bennett 2 .
VI
600
1890
Carrie Alma Colton 2 .
V
600
1893
Gertrude C. Mason 2 .
IV
600
1893
Alice M. Bearing
III
600
1890
Lillian Nealley 2
II
600
1882
Clara M. Bagley
I
600
1873
Martha M. Power
I
600
1891
rORSTER SCHOOL.
Beginning
Name.
Grade.
Salary.
of
Service.
Fred C . Baldwui i
Principal
$1,800
1893
Elizabeth A. Page 2 .
IX
675
1893
Mrs. Cora F. Sanborn 2
IX
675
1893
Mary E. Bunton
■VIII
600
1894
Ella F. Gould .
VII
600
1882
Lizzie Frances Clement
VI
600
1884
Lucy K. Hatch 2
V
• 600
1892
Alice A. Batchelor
IV
600
1877
Ursula M. Willard
III
400
1894
Luetta M. Wescott 2 .
III
600
1892
Annie S. Gage 3
II
600
1883
Grace Shorey 2
I
500
1892
Harriet A. Brown 2
I
600
1890
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.
277
HIGHLAND SCHOOL.
Beginning
Name.
Grade.
Salary-.
of
Senice.
George E. AHchols i
Principal
^1,800
1877
M. Alice Paul 3 .
IX
675
1879
Jennie S. Wescott 2
IX
675
1892
Mabel A. Jepson 2
VIII
600
1892
Mrs. M. J. Bryant
VIII
600
1894
Annie R. Cox 2 .
VII
600
1883
Grace M. Clarke 2
VI
600
1893
Jennie C. Frazier 2
V
600
1887
Sarah E. Pray 3
IV
600
1878
Alice L. Hay ward
III
500
1893
Jennie M. Horner 3
II
600
1888
Gertrude Friend 2
I
600
1893
Kathenne E. Hourahan 2
I
500
1892
KXAPP SCHOOL.
Name.
Grade.
Salary.
Beginning
of
Service.
John S. E»ierson 1
Principal
5L800
1894
Abby C. Hunt .
IX
675
1873
Emma Frve 2
VIII
600
1891
Clara B. Parkhurst 2
VII
600
1889
Nellie A. Hamblin 2
VI
600
1882
Clara B. Sackeit 2
V
600
1891
Annie E. Robinson 3
IV
600
1876
Nellie F. Sheridan 3
IV
600
1888
Abbie A. Gurnev 2
III
600
1888
Grace M. White 3
II
600
1893
L. Gertrude Allen 3
II
600
1884
Minnie A. Perrv 2
I
600
1891
Lucia Alger 2
I
600
1889
278
ANNUAL REPORTS.
MORSE SCHOOL.
Beginning
Name.
Grade.
Salary.
of
Service.
Miss Alina J. Wendell
Principal
^1,700
1882
Genevieve Allen .
IX
675
1894
Pauline S. Downes
vni
600
1872
Lennie W. Bartlett
VII
600
1893
Addie E. Wentworth 2
VII
600
1893
Adelaide F. Eaton
VI
600
1894
Charlotte Duguid
V
600
1894
Mary A. Haley .
V
600
1867
Lizzie E. Hill 2 .
IV
600
1891
Helen M. Mead 2
III
600
1893
Ella P. McLeod .
II
600
1888
Annabel M. Perry 3 .
I
600
1891
POPE SCHOOL.
Beginning
Name.
Grade.
Salary.
of
Service.
George M. Wadsi<jorth I
Principal
$1,800
1891
Florence A. Chaney
IX
675
1892
Harriet M. Clark 2
VIII
600
1893
Alice I. Norcross
VII
600
1885
Frances A. Wilder
VI
600
1874
Lizzie W. Parkhurst
V
600
1885
Carrie E. Cobb .
V
600
1887
Jeannette M, Billings
IV
600
1892
Annie G. Sheridan 2
IV
600
1886
Charlotte S. Buck 2
HI
600
1894
Lillian C. Albee
II
600
1888
Lydia E. Morrill 3
I
600
1892
Maizie E, Blaikie 3
I
600
1891
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.
279
PRESCOTT SCHOOL.
Beginning
Name,
Grade.
Salary-.
ot
Service.
Safnuel A. yohnson i
Principal
«
$1,800
1893
Anna M. Bates 2
IX
700
187-4
Adelaide Reed 2
VIII
650
1877
E. M. Gate
VII
600
1882
A. A. Anderson .
VI
600
1878
Amelia I. Sears 2
VI
600
1873 .
Catherine T. Brown 3
V
600
1868
Grace L. Shaw .
V
600
1892
Clara Taylor 3 .
IV
600
1871
Sarah E. Pratt 2
III
600
1877
E. M. Plummer .
II
600
1877
Louise E. Pratt 3
III
600
1889
Sarah W. Turner 2
I
600
1893
BINGHAM SCHOOL.
Beginning
Name.
Grade.
Salary.
ot
Service.
Harry F. Hathaway 2, Principal
VII VI
$1,000
1890
Carrie E. Fay i .
V
600
1889
Elizabeth J. O'Neil 2 .
V
600
1894
Harriet M. Ward 2
IV
600
1894
Maude L. Kent ,
III
600
1893
Ruby A. Johnson 2
II
600
1892
Belle J. Tifft 2 . . .
I
600
1892
Mabel E. Mansir 3
I
850
1891
280
ANNUAL REPORTS.
GLINES SCHOOL.
Beginning
Name.
Grade.
Salary.
ol
Service.
Mary E. Nortkup, Principal
VIII
^1,000
1878
Mary E. Stiles 2
VII
675
1883
M. Frances Guptill
VI
600
1869
Nellie A. Boynton 2 .
V
600
1891
Margaret A. Orr 2
IV
600
1891
Mary A. Goddard
III
600
1893
Florence E. Baxter 3 .
II
500
1891
Emma Burckes 3
I
600
1890
BURNS SCHOOL.
Name.
Grade.
Salary.
Beginning
of
Service.
Laura J. Brooks, Principal
Minnie S. Turner 3
Annie L. Brown
Florence M. Hamlin 3
IV
III
II
I
^675
600
600
600
1883
1885
1885
1889
CUMMINGS SCHOOL.
Name.
Grade.
Salary.
Beginning
of
Service.
Lydia J. Page 3, Principal
Fannie L. Gwynn 2
Lena B. Blaikie 3
Margaret L. Martin
IV
III
II
I
^675
600
500
400
1869
1886
1893
1893
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.
281
DAVIS SCHOOL.
Name.
Grade.
Salary.
Beginning
of
Service.
Mrs. L. A. Burns, 2, Principal
Annie J. Richardson .
Carrie T. Lincoln 3
Priscilla A. Merritt 2 .
IV
III
II
I
$675
600
500
600
1882
1889
1893
1885
DURELL SCHOOL.
Name.
Grade.
Salary.
Beginning
of
Service.
Nora F. Byard 3, Principal
Grace Bosworth 2
Edith L. Hunnewell 2
Mary Winslow
IV
III
II
I
$675
600
350
600
1884
1894
ls9-t
1893
FRANKLIN SCHOOL.
Name.
Grade.
Salary.
Beginning
of
Service.
Harriet A. Hills 3, Principal
Jennie A. Chapman 2 .
Anna C. Damon 2
Caroline S. Plimpton .
VI
VII
\'
II
$675
600
600
600
187-i
1894
1879
1859
282
ANNUAL REPORTS.
LINCOLN SCHOOL.
Name.
Grade.
Salary.
Beginning
of
Service.
Grace Emerson 2, Principal
Flora A. Burgess 2
Charlotte F. Mott
Eliza H. Lunt
VII VI
V IV
III II
I
^700
600
600
600
1892
1894
1886
1890
4
BENNETT SCHOOL.
4
Name
Grade.
Salary.
Beginning
of
Service.
Mary B. Smith, Principal .
Isadore E. Taylor 3 .
Miriam Cavanagh 3 .
Ill
II
I
^675
600
400
1885
1883
1893
JACKSON SCHOOL.
Name.
Grade.
Salary,
Beginning
of
Service.
Annie E. McCarty 3, Principal
Annie E. Crimmings 3
Annie L. Savage 2
Ill
II
I
1675
600
600
1880
1884
1873
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.
283
PROSPECT HILL SCHOOL.
Name.
Grade.
Salai-y.
Beginning
of
Service.
Helen Tincker 2, Principal
Blanche Seabury 2
V
Kg.
$800
500
1872
1802
BEECH STREET SCHOOL.
Name.
Grade.
Salary.
Beginning
of
Service.
Ella M. Coops ^ Principal
Florence B. Ashley 3 .
HI
I
5025
GOO
1802
1887
CEDAR STREET SCHOOL.
Name.
Grade.
Salary.
Beginning
of
Service.
Lizzie A. Davies, Principal
M. E. Lacy 3 . . .
IV III
II I
$625
500
1803
1800
HARVARD SCHOOL.
284
ANNUAL REPORTS.
SPECIAL TEACHERS.
Name.
Grade.
Salary.
Beginning
of
Service.
MUSIC.
S. Henry Hadley
Mrs, Gish Garwood
9 — 6
5 — 1
^l,333t
800*
1869
1891
DRAWING.
Augusta L. Balch
9 — 1
900*
1891
SEWING.
Mrs. Charlotte M. Coffin .
Mary L. Boyd
7 — 4
7 — 4
600
600
1888
1888
PHYSICAL TRAINING.
Blanche A. Bemis
9 — 1
600*
1894
'For three days' service. fFor four daj^s' service.
ASSISTANTS IN SERVICE DECEMBER, 1894.
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.
285
34. — AMENDMENTS TO THE RULES
OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE, ADOPTED SINCE 1891.
CHAPTER I.
Section 2. {Additiofiai.) To the list of Standing Committees is
added one "on the English High School."
CHAPTER IV.
Section j. {Additional.) The Committee on P'inance shall ex-
amine and approve the pay-rolls of all bills passed by the Board.
Section u. {Additional.) The Committee on Salaries shall ex-
amine the pay-rolls of salaries of all persons in the service of the
School Committee and approve such as are found correct.
CHAPTER VI.
Sectio7i I. Changed so that Teachers and Truant Officers are to
be elected at the April meeting of the Board,
Section 7. The district committees may at their discretion appoint
assistant teachers in the primary and grammar schools having an
average of over bQ pupils.
Assistant teachers in primary and grammar grades, without experi-
ence or Normal training, are paid for the
First year ....... Nothing
Second year
.
S200
Third year
.
275
Fourth year
.
350
Fifth and subsequent years .
.
425
Normal school graduates acting
as assistants
in primary or
grammar grades are paid for the
First vear ....
.
S275
Second vear
.
350
Third and subsequent years
.
425
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An experience of at least 30 weeks shall be required to constitute
a year's work.
Section 7. When an assistant who is not a Normal graduate be-
comes a regular teacher during the first or second year of service she
shall receive ........ $300
During the third year of service .... 350
During the fourth year of service . . . 400
During the fifth or any subsequent year of service 500
When an assistant who is a Normal graduate becomes a regular
teacher during the first or second year of service she shall
receive ......... $350
During the third year of service .... 425
During the fourth or any subsequent year of service 500
No assistant shall receive the maximum salary of $600 as a regular
teacher until she has served at least one year in the latter capacity.
Section 8. Salaried assistants shall receive no increase of pay for
substituting.
In determining the pay of assistants or substitutes a single year at
a Normal school shall be considered equivalent to a year of teaching
experience.
In determining the pay of a substitute or of a regular teacher,
graduation at a Normal school shall be considered equivalent to a
year of teaching experience.
Section g. Form of teacher's certificate of election.
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SCHOOL DEPARTMENT. 287
CITY OF SOMERVILLE.
School Department.
.189 .
M
At a meeting of the Board of School Committee held
180 , you were elected a teacher in the
School, under the General Regulations of
the Public Schools of Somerville, for the year ending June 30, 180 ,
at an annual salary of dollars.
Should you decide to leave the service of the City before the erid
of the period for which you have been elected, a four weeks' notice
of your intention will be expected.
Please fill the blanks below, affix your signature, detach the paper
along the perforated line, and send it to the Secretary of the Board.
If not received by him within ten days from date, the position will be
considered vacant.
Respectfully,
Secretary of the Board of School (Committee.
To the Board of School Committee of the City of So7nerville :
Gentlemen, — I accept the position of teacher in the
School, to which I was elected on the
day of 189 , under the Gen-
eral Regulations of the Public Schools of Somerville, for the year
ending June 30, 189 , at an annual salary of
dollars.
It is my present expectation to continue in the service of the City
to the end of the period for which I have been elected.
Signature,
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AMENDMENTS TO THE GENERAL REGULATIONS
OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
CHAPTER I.
Section j. April 19 is substituted for Fast Day as a school holiday.
Section 5. The Superintendent, at his discretion, may dismiss the
schools when the weather is unsuitable.
The number 5 — 5 will be struck twice on the fire-alarm bells to
indicate the omission of the next session of the schools, as follows : —
High Schools. — From April to November at 7. From November
t® April at 7.30.
Primary Schools. — At 8.05, 1L45, or 1. During November,
December and January at 12.45 instead of 1.
Grammar Schools. — At 8.15, 11.45, or 1.15. During November,
December and January at 1 instead of 1.15.
The morning signal shall be for the omission of the morning
session only.
CHAPTER II.
Sectio7i g. {Additional.') Principals of schools containing the
Ninth grade shall be known as "Supervising Principals." They shall
perform all the duties of principals as set forth elsewhere in these
regulations. In addition to these duties they shall, at the request of
the Superintendent, instruct classes, examine and grade pupils, and
supervise the instruction of teachers in their own schools and in all
other schools which are tributary to them.
Whenever a school is tributary to two or more higher schools it
shall be under the charge of the Senior Supervising Principal, unless
otherwise ordered by the District Committee.
Supervising Principals shall teach at least 12 hours per week, not
ess than 10 of which shall be in the highest grade.
Chapter V. The Middlesex County Truant School at Chelmsford
is made the place of detention for truants by change in the city
ordinances.
Chapter VI. is rendered nugatory by a change in the city
ordinances.
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3^. — MASSACHUSETTS SCHOOL LEGISLATION
OF 1893 AND 1894.
Chapter 108. — Resolve to provide for the codification of certain
statutes which the inspection department of the district police is
required to enforce.
Attention is called to these points : —
1. Section 7, chapter 48, of the Public Statutes, which appears
among the school laws as published in 1892, is not in force.
2. The provisions of sections 24, 25, and 70, chapter 508, of the
Acts of 1894, do not appear in the school laws as published in 1892.
These sections read as follows : —
Section 24.. No person shall employ or permit to be employed a
minor under 14 years of age, or over, who cannot read and write in
the English language, and who resides in a city or town in this Com-
monwealth wherein public evening schools are maintained, and is not
a regular attendant of a day school, or has not attained an attendance
of 70 per cent, or more of the yearly session of the evening school.
Sectioti 25. Whenever it appears that the labor of any minor who
would be debarred from employment under section 24 of this Act, is
necessary for the support of the family to which said minor belongs,
or for his own support, the school committee of said city or town may
in the exercise of their discretion, issue a permit authorizing the em-
ployment of such minor within such time or times as they may fix :
provided, such minor makes application to said school committee, or
some person duly authorized by said committee, for such a permit
before the opening of the yearly session of the evening school of said
city or town ; and the provisions of said section 24 shall not apply to
such minor so long as said permit is in force ; provided, also, that if
such minor has been prevented by sickness or injury from attending
said evening school, as provided in said section, the school committee
shall issue to such minor the permit provided for in this section, upon
the presentation of the following blank properly filled and signed : —
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To the School Cojnmittee of the
I hereby certify that I have attended from to ;
that said was sick or injured with ; and that said
was not in suitable physical condition to attend evening school for the term
of days. (Signed)
(Dated)
Section yo. Any person who employs or permits to be employed
a minor in violation of the provisions of section 24 of this Act, shall for
each offence forfeit not less than fifty nor more than one hundred
dollars for the use of the evening schools of such city or town.
3. The age and schooling certificate required by chapter 508 of
the Acts of 1894 must certify to an attendance of 30 weeks instead of
20 weeks, as required by the law of 1888.
Chapter 208. — An Act authorizing cities and towns to provide free
evening lectures.
Section i. The school committees of cities and towns maintain-
ing free evening schools are hereby authorized to employ competent
persons to deliver lectures on the natural sciences, history and kindred
subjects, in such places as said committees may provide.
Section 2. Said committees are hereby authorized to provide cards
or pamphlets giving the titles and names of authors of books of
reference, contained in the local public libraries, on the subject-matter
of said lectures.
1894.
Chapter 151. An Act relating to vivisection and dissection in the
public schools.
Section i. No teacher or other person employed in any public
school of this Commonwealth shall, in the presence of any scholar in
said school or any child or minor there present, practise vivisection,
nor, in such presence, exhibit any animal upon which vivisection has
been practised.
Section 2. Dissection of dead animals or of any portions thereof,
in the public schools of this Commonwealth, shall in no instance be
for the purpose of exhibition, but shall be confined to the classroom
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and to the presence of pupils engaged in the study to be illustrated by
such dissection.
Section j. Any person violating the provisions of this Act shall
be punished by a fine of not less than ten nor more than fifty dollars.
Chapter 188. — An Act relating to school attendance and truancy.
Section i. Every person having under his control a child between
the ages of eight and fourteen years, and, in cities and towns where
industrial training is taught, between the ages of eight and fifteen years,
shall annually cause such child to attend some public day school in
the city or town in which he resides, for at least 30 weeks if the schools
are kept open that length of time, with an allowance of two weeks'
time for absences not excused by the superintendent of schools or the
school committee ; such period of attendance shall begin within the
first month of the Fall term of school, and for each five days of absence
of any such child thereafter, in excess of the above allowance, before
the completion of the required annual attendance of 30 weeks, the
person having such child under his control shall, upon the complaint
of the school committee or any truant officer, forfeit to the use of the
public schools of such city or town a sum not exceeding twenty
dollars ; but if such child has attended for a like period of time a
private day school approved by the school committee of such city or
town, or if such child has been otherwise instructed for a like
period of time in the branches of learning required by law to be taught
in the public schools, or has already acquired the branches of learning
required by law to be taught in the public schools, or if his physical or
mental condition is such as to render such attendance inexpedient or
impracticable, such penalty shall not be incurred.
Section 2. (This repeals everything inconsistent with section 1.)
The provisions of section 1 of this Act have been incorporated in
section 1 of chapter 498, Acts of 1894. In the codification the words
*' cities and towns where industrial training is taught " are omitted
from the second and third lines, and in their stead are the words
^' every city and town where opportunity is furnished, in connection
with the regular work of the public schools, for gratuitous instruction
in the use of tools or in manual training, or for industrial education in
any form, a child." In all other respects the language remains un-
changed.
(18)
292 ANNUAL REPORTS.
Chapter 320. — An Act relating to instruction in the itse of tools and
in cooking in public schools.
This Act provides that the use of tools and the art of cooking shall
be taught, by lectures or otherwise, in all the public schools in which
the school committee deem it expedient, and that wherever such in-
struction is given the tools, implements and materials required for
such instruction may be purchased by the school committee at the
expense of the city or town, and loaned to pupils, free of charge, sub-
ject to such rules as the committee may prescribe.
Chapter 471. — An Act to provide for fuanual training in cities and
ioiv7is of more than twenty thousand inhabitants.
After the first* day of September in the year eighteen hundred and
ninety-five, every city of twenty thousand or more inhabitants shall
maintain as part of its High School system the teaching of manual
training. The course to be pursued in said instruction shall be sub-
ject to the approval of the State Board of Education.
Chapter 515. — An Act relative to vaccinatioji.
Section 2 of this Act provides that ^' all children who shall present
a certificate signed by a regular practising physician that they are unfit
subjects for vaccination shall not be subject to the provisions of section
nine of chapter forty-seven of the Public Statutes excluding unvacci-
nated children from public schools."
SCHOOL DEPAR'JT^IEXT. 293
36. — RULES FOR SCHOOL JANMTORS
ADOPTED BY THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC PROPERTY,
1894.
1. It shall be the duty of janitors to open and close their build-
ings every school day during the year.
2. To sweep the entries and stairways daily, after the last session
of the school ; the rooms, by Wednesday night, and again on Saturday
of each week. The yards, out-houses, and basement are to be kept
clean and in good order. The sanitaries flushed every day and left
clean at night. Dust the furniture daily; the windows, blinds, walls
and ceilings as often as necessary to keep them free from dust.
3. To clean the doors, wainscoting, and all other wood work, in-
cluding seats and desks, during the summer vacation. The windows
shall be thoroughly cleaned, outside and inside, three times in each
year; once in the month of May, August, and October. The tran-
soms, windows, and other glass inside of the building must be kept
clean. The ink-wells shall be cleaned five times in each year, once
in the months of August, November, February and May, and once at
the request of the Principal, or five times in each year other than those
stated above, at the request of the Principal.
4. To build fires when necessary, in season to have the rooms
warmed to such temperature as the school committee shall direct at
the time for opening the schools. Where stoves are used, fuel sufficient
for the day must be carried to the several rooms.
5. To use the fuel economically. To screen the ashes and use
the screenings on the fires.
6. To remove the ashes and all other debris from the cellars in
order that the ashes and debris can be collected by the city once a
week.
7. To remove the snow and ice from the door- steps and walks
eading to the gates and outbuildings.
8. To keep the ice upon the sidewalks about the school buildings
covered with ashes or sand.
294 ANNUAL REPORTS.
9. To keep the grounds about the school buildings free from
weeds and litter of all kinds ; also to sweep and keep clean all brick
and concrete walks within the school limits.
10. Janitors of buildings heated by steam, or where there is
any steam or hot water plant used for any purpose within the school-
house or out-buildings, will be held responsible for the safety of the
pipes from freezing. In extremely cold weather they must take unusual
precautions, either by remaining during the night or until satisfied of
the safety of the apparatus.
11. Janitors of buildings where furnaces are used shall remain by
them while the draft-doors are open. It is not required that fires
should be kept upon holidays, or during vacation, except enough to
protect the apparatus, and also prevent damage being done by
freezing.
12. Boilers shall be blown clean as often as once a month, and
the tubes cleaned once each week. The safety-valve should be
tried occasionally, and all other valves looked after and kept
properly packed. Ashes shall be drawn from under the boilers and
furnaces each day.
13. Janitors shall maintain a general supervision of the estates
during vacation. When workmen are employed in the premises, or
when fuel is received, they shall see that none of the property in the
building is misused, and they will be held responsible for any property
stolen, or damage done through their negligence.
14. Janitors are not required to act as messengers for Principals,
or other instructors, but it is expected that they will be obliging in
this respect, and that teachers will be considerate in requesting such
service.
15. Substitutes for janitors must be approved by the Committee on
Public Property.
16. Should the janitor neglect to perform his duty, the Principal,
or other authorized instructor will notify the Superintendent of Public
Buildings. If there is a continued neglect on the part of any janitor
to perform his duties, the Superintendent of Public Buildings will
report said janitor to the Committee on Public Property.
17. Janitors of all eight and twelve-room schools, in addition to
the time required for the performance of regular duties, shall be in at
tendance at their buildings one-half hour before the opening of the
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regular session, and remain one-half hour after the regular afternoon
session, or as late as half-past four in the afternoon.
18. Janitors of other buildings will give as much of their time,
in addition to the time required for the performance of their regular
duties, as the Committee on Public Property shall direct, and must
report to the Principal at some time during the school session of each
day.
19. They will open their buildings evenings for school purposes
and have them properly warmed when requested by the Superintend-
ent of Schools, ^id at such other times as the Committee on Public
Property may direct. They will remain in their buildings during the
evening session, and before leaving, see that the buildings are secure
against fire, and securely lock the windows and doors through which
access may be obtained to the buildings.
20. It is understood that janitors in the performance of their duties
are under the direction of the Superintendent of Public Buildings, and
the Principals of the respective schools.
THOMAS R. ROULSTONE,
Superintendent of Public Buildings.
296 ANNUAL REPORTS.
37. — BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES
OF CITIZENS OF SOMERVILLE AFTER WHOM
SCHOOLS HAVE BEEN NAMED.
Charles Forster was born in Charlestown, June 13, 1798, and
died there September 1, 1866. He was engaged in mercantile pur-
suits until 1856, when he retired from active busmess.
He held many public offices in Charlestown, and was the Repre-
sentative in the Legislature at the time the Convent was burned.
In 1845 he removed to Somerville and lived until 1863 at the
corner of S3^camore street and Broadway. As a citizen of Somerville
he was always interested in the public welfare. The city is largely
indebted to him for the trees which now adorn the streets of Winter
Hill. In 1854 the Forster School was named in his honor. One who
knew him well said of him — " He occupied a place second to none
in the hearts and affections of the people of Somerville, and left behind
him a reputation which any man might envy — the reputation of a
man who, by the purity of his life and character, his sweetness and
kindliness of disposition, his unostentatious benevolence, the years of
a long life devoted to charity towards the poor and suffering, had
endeared himself to all who knew him, and grown deep into their
hearts."
Luther V. Bell, M. D., LL. D,, was born in Chester, N. H.,
December 20, 1806. He was graduated from Bowdoin College before
he had finished his seventeenth year. He received his medical degree
from the Hanover Medical School. He early distinguished himself in
the practice of his profession, particularly in surgery and in the treat-
ment of the insane.
In January, 1837, he entered upon his duties as Superintendent of
the McLean Asylum for the Insane, and for 20 years conducted the
institution with rare ability and success. He was everywhere acknowl-
eged as an authority on all questions connected with his profession.
He was always interested in whatever affected the welfare of Som-
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erville, and was chairman of the School Board from 1843 to 1847.
In 1850 he was a member of the Executive Council, in 1852 a candi-
date for Congress, and in 1856 for the office of Governor.
In 1856, in consequence of failing health, he retired from the
McLean Asylum, and thenceforward resided in Charlestown.
In 1861, animated by an intense love of country, notwithstanding
his feeble health, he offered his services to the State, and was commis-
sioned as surgeon of the 11th Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteers.
He engaged immediately in active service, being soon promoted to
the post of Brigade Surgeon, and finally to that of Division Surgeon.
As a result of exposure and the rigors of the service, after a brief ill-
ness, he died February 11, 1862.
''Thus, quietly and without ostentation, a life devoted to the cause
of humanity and science was beautifully finished by a death in the
service of his country."
By vote of the School Board on March 1, 1862, the primary
school on Cherry street was named the L. V. Bell School in his
memory.
In 1867 this school was closed, and in 1874 the school on Vinal
avenue was named the Luther V. Bell School in his honor.
Charles Sprague Lincoln was born in Walpole, N. H., April 20,
1826. He was graduated from Harvard University in 1850. He
taught school for a while after graduation, coming to Somerville for
the purpose in 1852. He was admitted to the bar in 1860. He was
Selectman and Solicitor for the town for many years. He served on
the School Committee of Somerville from 1858 to 1867, and again
from 1877 to 1883. He has twice represented the city in the Legis-
lature and rendered valuable service on the Boards of Health and of
Overseers of the Poor. The public library owes much of its success
and development to his efforts as trustee. In his long career as a
public official, during a residence of 40 years, he has contributed
greatly to the prosperity of the city, and has won the respect and
gratitude of his fellow-citizens by the honesty, the ability, and the
fidelity displayed in the management of the trusts committed to his
care.
In 1866 the Lincoln School, then located on Elm street, and now
on Clarendon Hill, was named in his honor.
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Clark Bennett was born in Londonderry. Vt., Nov. 3, 1810.
His ancestors were among the early settlers of Groton, Mass. His
grandfather, David, early joined the Continental army, and served
in the siege of Boston. Mr. Bennett was the eldest son of nine
children.
When he was 21 years old he settled in Somerville, then Charles-
town, where for 25 years he successfully carried on the brick business,
then a leading industry of the town. Later he followed the insurance
business.
Mr. Bennett's actions on all public matters requiring his attention
were controlled by a conscientious desire to do right, as well as a full
knowledge of the requirements, present and future, of our growing
city. The abatement of the Miller's River nuisance, the inauguration
of an excellent sewerage system, more especially for West Somerville,
the widening and grading of Somerville avenue, and the construc-
tion of the public Park, all bear witness to his unremitting efforts to
place Somerville on a par with her sister cities.
The record of Mr. Bennett's official service includes 11 years
on the School Committee, a part of the time its chairman, the town
treasurership, and three years' service on the Board of Aldermen.
Mr. Bennett died Jan. 6, 1882.
The Bennett School was named in his honor by vote of the School
Board, April 8, 1868.
Enoch R. Morse was born in Attleboro, July 25, 1822. He
established himself in business in Boston in 1839, removing to
Somerville in 1852.
He took an active part in town affairs and was elected a member
of the School Board in 1864. He held the position nine years, until
after the incorporation of the city, and by his literary attainments
and business experience was influential in promoting the educational
interests of the town. He represented the city in the Legislature
in 1876.
So highly were his services appreciated by the town government
that his name and memory were perpetuated in the Morse Grammar
School, erected in 1869 on Summer street, while on the records of
four other schools he appears as having been chosen to deliver the
poem at the dedicatory exercises.
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John S. Edgerly was born November 30, 1804, at ^Meredith,
N. H., and like many another, early left his home in the country to
get a better living in the city of Boston. About 1836 he moved to
Winter Hill, then a part of Charlestown. He was always interested in
public affairs, and was one of five who were instrumental, by their
earnest zeal, in having what is now Somerville set off from Charlestown
as a separate town. He was for 14 years one of the Board of Select-
men and most of that time its chairman.
He served on the School Board and as an Overseer of the Poor in
those early days, and '' no night was too dark or road too bad for him
to fail to start with his lantern and shovel to break out any place that
his horse could not go through, whenever there was need."
He died January 20, 1872. The Edgerly School, named in his
honor, was established in 1871.
Joshua H. Davis was born at Truro, November 4, 1814. He was
educated in the schools of his native town and at the Teachers' Semi-
nary, Andover, graduating in 1838. From 1840 to 1854 he was Prin-
cipal of the Truro Academy, resigning on account of failing health.
He was afterward secretary of the United States Insurance Company
for nine years. In 1854 he took up his residence in Somerville, and
was for 25 years identified with the educational interests of our city.
He was a member of the School Board for three years and was elected
Superintendent of Schools in 1866, a position which he filled with
great ability for 22 years. He resigned in 1888, honored and beloved
by the entire city. He was a member of the Legislature in 1889
and 1890.
No man has had greater influence in shaping and elevating our
public school system, or has rendered more efficient service in pro-
moting the educational, the moral, and the religious interests of our
people. The purity and nobleness of his character as a christian
gentleman endear him to the thousands who have known him in pri-
vate and in public, and make his life an inspiration and a model.
The Davis School, on Tufts street, was named for him in 1884.
John Addison Cummings was born in Nelson, N. H., January 16,
1838. His early education was obtained in the common schools of
his native town and the Scientific and Literary Institute in New Lon-
300 ANNUAL REPORTS.
don, N. H., where he remained two years, teaching school during the
winter. He then began the study of law and continued it until the war
broke out, when he was among the first to enlist. He was com-
missioned a lieutenant in the 6th New Hampshire Volunteers at the
age of 23, and served three years in that regiment in the Army of the
Potomac and in the West. He was then made major of the 1st N. H.
Cavalry and served with Sheridan until the close of the war. After
spending two years at the West he returned to Boston, and entered
the printing business in 1867.
He took up his residence in Somerville and became the publisher
of the SomerviWe /ourna/ in 1871-72. In 1874 he was elected to the
Legislature and served two years. He was a member of the Board of
Aldermen in 1877 and 1878.
In 1881 he was elected Mayor, which office he held for four con-
secutive years. His record in this capacity reflects great credit upon
him. He was faithful, courteous, and painstaking, at the same time
fearless and justly conservative in municipal affairs. He died January
6, 1887.
''The lesson of his life stands out to every young person, whatever
his condition or circumstances, 'Will to be right and God will help
you to gain your aim.' "
The Cummings School was built during his mayoralty, and named
for him in 1884.
Mark F. Burns was born at Milford, N. H., May 24, 1841. He
comes of good old New England stock, and his parents were among
the earliest of the anti-slavery agitators. He spent his early life on
his father's farm, and obtained his education in the public schools of
his native town, and at the Appleton Academy in Mt. Vernon, N. H.
He taught school for four years, coming to Boston in 1866 and engag-
ing in the milk business. He soon became a milk contractor, and the
Treasurer of the Boston Dairy Company, which handles the product of
800 farms along the line of the Fitchburg Railroad and its branches.
In 1873 Mr. Burns removed to Somerville, and very soon became
an influential factor in municipal affairs. He was a member of the
Common Council in 1880 and 1881, the latter year its President, and
a member of the Board of Aldermen in 1882 and 1883. He was
Trustee of the Public Library in 1884. He was Mayor of the city for
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four years, from l>iS6 through 1888. His administration was charac-
terized by the same vigor, earnestness, and sterling integrity always
displayed in the conduct of the important business interests com-
mitted to his charge.
Mr. Burns has been Secretary of the Mayors' Club of Massachu-
setts since its organization, with the exception of a single year. He
is a Director in the Monument National Bank and a Trustee in the
Five Cents Savings Bank of Charlestown, and has filled many other
important stations of trust and responsibility.
Mr. Burns has always enjoyed the confidence of his fellow-citizens
and has discharged the public duties devolving upon him in such a
way as to secure their approbation and respect.
The Burns School on Cherry street was built in 1886, during his
mayoralty, and named in recognition of his services.
Norman Williams Bingham was born in Derby, Vt., May 19, 1829,
and educated in the public schools and in the academies at Derby and
St. Johnsbury, Vt. He studied law at Irasburgh, and in 1855 was
appointed Clerk of Orleans County Court, and thus became ex-officio
Clerk of the Supreme Court and the Court of Chancery as well.
During the war for the Union he held several important places of
trust, both State and national, and his services were of great value to
the country.
In 1866 he was made special agent for the United States Treasury
Department, and three years later was placed in charge of the customs
revenue district of New England, comprising 32 collection districts.
He held this important position till 1885, and discharged its arduous
and exacting duties with great ability and fearless independence.
His experience and influence led to the modification and improvement
of the customs laws and to a marked increase in the efficiency of that
department of public service. He was offered other positions of great
responsibility under the government, but for personal or family reasons
declined them.
Mr. Bingham removed to Somerville in 1869, and has always been
influential in furthering the interests of the city. He was elected to
the School Board in 1880 and served without interruption for 15 years.
His labors in connection with schools have been marked by a discrim-
inating regard for their interests and by constant effort to secure their
302 ANNUAL REPORTS.
advancement. No more emphatic recognition of the value of his
services, and no stronger evidence of appreciation could be given than
the act of the City Government in naming the school on Lowell street,
erected in 1886 and enlarged in 1894, the Bingham School, in per-
petuation of his name and memory.
Oren S. Knapp was born in Boston, July 16, 1829. At the age
of six he removed to Maiden and was educated in its schools, begin-
ning to teach at the age of 17. He entered Amherst College, but at
the end of two years was obliged to relinquish his course on account
of a trouble with his eyes. He taught two years in Medford, and was
elected Principal of the Prospect Hill School, in Somerville, then the
most important school in this vicinity, in 1853. He was a faithful and
efficient teacher for 11 years, relinquishing his position for the
practice of law in 1865. He was chosen a member of the School
Board in the same year, and served at intervals for 15 years, one
year of the time as Superintendent of Schools. He died suddenly,
November 4, 1890.
Mr. Knapp was one of Somerville's foremost citizens, always
interested and prominent in every movement to advance its interests,
fearless and independent in the expression of opinion and in action,
wise in counsel, kind and sympathetic and helpful as a friend, loyal
and devoted as a citizen, respected and loved by all who knew him.
The O. S. Knapp School on Concord avenue was opened in 1890,
and named in his honor.
Jacob T. Glines was born in Moultonborough, N. H., July 20,
1817. He removed to Somerville in 1836. He was always identified
with the prosperity of Somerville as town and city. He was a mem-
ber of the last Board of Selectmen, and chairman of the first Board of
Aldermen. He was for several years thereafter connected with the
city government, and represented the city in the lower branch of the
Legislature. He died August 3, 1882. •
Mr. Glines was engaged in manufacturing and mercantile pursuits,
and in business as in public life, was distinguished for his sterling
integrity, excellent judgment, and strength of character. In recogni-
tion of his services to the city the Jacob T. Glines School was named
in 1891.
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT. 303
Charles Greenwood Pope was born in Hardwick, November 18,
1840. He was educated in the public cchools of Hyannis, Pierce
Academy, Middleboro, and Tufts College, being graduated in 1861.
He taught school at Hyannis till 1864, when be became Master of the
Forster Grammar School. He resigned in 1870 to take the principal-
ship of the Bunker Hill School, Charlestown, where he remained till
1874, leaving for the practice of law.
Mr. Pope was a member of the first city government, and Presi-
dent of the City Council in 1873, being ex-officio member of the
School Board. In 1876 and 1877 he represented the city in the
Legislature. He was appointed special justice of Somerville police
court in 1878. He was Mayor of the city in 1880, 1890, and 1891.
During his last year of office the Charles G. Pope School on Washing-
ton street was completed and named in his honor. It stands as a
monument to his memory, and to his deep interest in the welfare of
the public schools.
'' He will always be gratefully remembered as one who served his
city well, and with an eye single to the public interest. Dignified,
honest, incorruptible, his character, either in private or public life, was
never tainted by even the breath of suspicion."
Rev. George W. Durell was born at Kennebunkport, Me. He
was graduated from Bowdoin College, and at once became the Princi-
pal of .Limerick Academy. After teaching four years he entered the
Theological Seminary at Alexandria, Va., to prepare for the ministry.
He was ordained at Brunswick, Me., by Bishop Burgess.
He was settled at Calais, Me., for 11 years, serving all the while
upon the School Board of the city. Leaving Calais he was for several
years rector of Grace Church at Bath.
In 1866 he removed to Somerville, and was for three years the
rector of Emmanuel parish. Since 1869 — for more than a quarter of
a century — he has been the esteemed and honored rector of St.
Thomas's parish.
For 13 years Mr. Durell served upon the School Board of Somer-
ville, for the duties of which he was admirably fitted by nature, by
education, and by experience. His quick and ready sympathy
with children and with teachers, and his willing response to calls for
advice and assistance made him always a welcome visitor to the
304 ANNUAL REPORTS.
schoolroom. Owing to the demands of his profession he was obliged
to decline a re-election, much to the regret of the constituency for
whom he had so long rendered such valuable service.
In 1894 the school on the corner of Beacon and Kent streets was
named the George W. Durell School, in recognition of his labors in
behalf, not only of education, but of every cause having for its object
the welfare and improvement of our city and its residents, young
and old.
REPORT
OF THK
TRUSTEES OF THE PUBLIC LIBRARY
(19)
CITY OF SOMERVILLE.
In Board of Aldermen, January 30, 1895.
Referred to the Committee on Printing, to be printed in the Annual Reports.
Sent down for concurrence.
GEORGE I. VINCENT, Clerk.
In Common Council, January 30, 1S95.
Referred to the Committee on Printing, to be printed in the Annual Reports,
in concurrence.
CHARLES S. ROBERTSON, Clerk,
BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS
OF THE SOMERVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARY, YEAR ENDING
DECEMBER 31, 1894.
TRUSTEES.
Charles S. Lincoln. Charles H. Brown.
J. Henry Flitner. Elijah C. Clark.
Christopher E. Rymes. John B. Viall.
James E. Whitaker. Charles A. West.
J. Frank Wellington.
OFFICERS.
Charles S. Lincoln ..... President.
John S. Haves Secretary.
COMMITTEES.
Building and Grounds. — Rymes, Viall, Brown and Wellington.
Administration. — Whitaker, Wellington and Clark.
Books and Catalogues. — Lincoln, ex officio, Rymes, West, Viall,
and Brown.
Finance. — Flitner, Clark, and Whitaker.
LIBRARIAN.
John S. Hayes.
ASSISTANTS.
Anna L. Stone. Mary j. Warren.
CATALOGUER.
F. ^Label Norcross.
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES FOR 1894.
Credit.
Balance from 1893
Appropriation .
;Dog Licenses
Fines
Catalogues
23.36
6,500.00
2,710.90
320.82
12.40
$9,567.48
Debit.
Books and Periodicals * . ^3,287.83
Binding .....
766.67
Covers $68.41, Cards S30.40 .
98.81
Printing, $67.35, Postal Cards, $30.0
97.35
Stationery ....
52.79
Salaries, Administrative department
3,086.87
" Cataloguing department
526.00
Branch office .....
100.00
Book Case and Furniture .
140.38
Repairs ....
205.24
Express ....
184.20
Electric Lighting
403.18
Gas ....
4.99
Gas Fixtures
29.90
Water ....
29.00
Fuel . • .
176.21
Insurance
142.50
Fireproof Safe .
72.50
Disbursements
66.86
Picture Frames
24.42
Postage ....
31.00
Speaking Tubes and Telephone
19.10
Placque and Frame
9. 00
Rubber Stamps
3.13
Balance to 1895
9.55
$9,567.48
CITY OF SOMERVILLE.
To THE CiTv Council of Somerville : —
Gentlemen, — As Trustees of the Public Librar}', we beg leave to
give to your honorable Boards the following report : —
The work entrusted to us has needed and received sedulous care.
We are more than ever impressed with its importance. As our city
enlarges its prosperity, and its population multiplies, the public library
has increased usefulness and breadth of influence. It has been our
aim to improve all facilities for its wider and more practical use, so
that our fellow-citizens of every age and in every walk of life might
gain from it those advantages it was designed to furnish.
It is well known that ours is an unclassified library. As such it
has subserved a useful purpose. But as the number of its volumes
increases it becomes more apparent that many choice and valuable
books do not become generally known to its patrons. This fact has
become of such grave importance that during the past year we have
very largely given our strength to a new and more accessible classifica-
tion of the entire library. Such a classification, if it be complete and
judicious, not only as to topics but also as to titles and authors, will
enable those who wish to consult the library, to do so much more
readily than at present. Connected with this classification it is pro-
posed to inaugurate a careful system of cross references, by which the
object of search will be more easily found. All this cannot be done
without considerable labor and expense. But the value of the result
will more than warrant the outlav. ^luch delav in the deliverv of
J » J
books will be avoided, and thus the convenience of the public better
served. History, biography and fiction, being more frequently called
for, will be placed near the delivery desk, and thus a more perfect dis-
tribution of books can be made. This system has been employed
in other libraries with a very considerable saving of labor and time.
In connection with the new system of classification and delivery
312 ANNUAL REPORTS.
of books, we have introduced hiformation slips ; and propose to give
larger facility in the use of reference books, to make the reading room
more complete, and to allow, with suitable restrictions, persons en-
gaged in special or professional investigations freer range in taking
books from the library.
At all times the librarian and his assistants will be ready to make
suggestions, and give help to those who may seek to know what books
are accessible for the study of any particular topic. This will make a
legitimate use of the library more complete, since those who have
especially to do with books may be justly supposed to know, in some
general way at least, what they contain.
Just at this point, it is an interesting fact that the number of books
added to the library during the past year, both by purchase and dona-
tion, surpasses that of any other year. Some of these books are of
great value.
The use of the hbrary by the public at large is steadily on the in-
crease. The number of books taken out for home use the past year
exceeded 106,000.
This enlargement of the library in the number of its books, and
in the use of them, demands larger space, or a new method of shelv-
ing. Very careful attention has been given to this matter, and after
much painstaking consideration, it was concluded that the present
shelving room be changed into a stack room. This would add very
largely to the book capacity of the room, and as the books would nec-
essarily be more compact, the labor of reference and delivery would
be very much lessened. It has been a source of great gratification
that when the matter was brought to the attention of the city govern-
ment, the response was so immediate and liberal that steps were taken
at once in preparation for the much-needed change.
All this necessitates enlarged appropriations for the library. But it
is confidently believed that our citizens will readily endorse any action
which, in giving them better accommodation, will further the interest
of all concerned.
It must be expected that as the library grows the expense of main-
taining it must increase. The public should take pride in the fact
that the growth of the city means not only material prosperity and
additions to the census list, but growth in intellectual vigor and
capacity.
REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE PUBLIC LIBRARY. 313
It is a fact that is everywhere noticeable, especially in our larger
towns and cities, that the citizens are not content with the meagre
facilities and cramped space once deemed sufficient, but with larger
and more generous views, erect substantial and commodious library
buildings. As the poet sings, ^'The thoughts of men are widened with
the process of the suns."
Not only do cities and towns appear to vie with each other in
erecting buildings for the better accommodation of the volumes that
crowd the shelves, but the buildings to a large extent encourage sculp-
ture and art, and provide quiet and sheltered alcoves where the
student may consult such works, as under ordinary conditions could
not be conveniently used.
Yet, let it be said, that while public libraries have come to be con-
sidered as institutions of large educational value, it is nevertheless
true that in many instances they are not used to the extent they
should be. We venture to suggest that the teachers of our public
schools would further the interests of education in this city to a well-
nigh incalculable extent, if they would bring the school into closer
contact with the library. If the teachers and the friends of our free
public school system would make a study of our library, they would
learn without difficulty that the studies in the schools would become
more interesting and valuable if the scholars were induced to read
books our library could furnish, which bear more or less directly upon
their studies. In making this suggestion, without the slightest purpose
to interfere with the judgment of those who have the interests of our
public schools especially in their charge, we venture to add, in our own
behalf, what we deem to be of great importance.
There can be no question but that every institution has its own
peculiar influence, character and possibility. There are few organiza-
tions that deserves more serious consideration than the public library,
and it may be added that few are more beset w4th perplexities. The
pubHc library, of any age marks the civilization of that age.
It is impossible for us to guard this trust given into our hands too
cautiously, neither can we fulfil the duties it brings with it without
constant study of its character and needs. Let it be understood that
a well-equipped public library is not a mere collection of books. It
must be a reservoir of general literature, embracing history, philos-
ophy, science and art. The books to be selected must be such as
314 ANNUAL REPORTS.
shall suit the old and the young, those who seek instruction, and those
who wish only entertainment. The library is for th.Q public, and must
fit the conditions of the public need, not of any class or age. Its
range must be as comprehensive as its resources will permit. Only
thus can it be educational in the finest, truest sense of that word. Its
first aim should be to encourage a taste for reading, and then guide
that taste till the mere reader becomes a student, for reading is not so
important as thought. Mere reading tends to mental dissipation. It
is opium by which to get unreal visions, and so forgetfulness. It
soothes to languor ; it gives lassitude for energy; it forgets the real
world to create another which is only a mirage. Yet all taste for liter-
ature must begin from the habit of reading, and that habit should be
cultivated among the young. Just here arises serious perplexity.
That is, to find books that will interest and yet not be mischievous.
Perhaps in no other department of the library has more conscientious
scrutiny been exercised than in the selection of works of fiction. In
this class of literature this age is remarkably prolific. Yet, however
critical the care in examining the books themselves, and in passing
judgment on the opinion of those who write reviews and book notices,
it is exceedingly difficult to determine in every instance as to the
merits or demerits of every book. Then again, there must be some
latitude in deferring to the opinions of those who are certainly com-
petent to judge in other matters, and who might desire a class of works
which would be representative of different phases of thought, or faith,
or life. The stream of life never rises higher than its source. Never-
theless, books may be, will be admitted which are not profitable to all.
Here it may be said that much may be left to the discretion of our
librarian. Nevertheless, this must not be altogether relied upon.
While it is doubtless true, that large responsibility rests upon those
into whose hands the library has been entrusted, for breadth and com-
prehensiveness, so that all topics may be fairly represented, and while
it is also true that such responsibility embraces the literary style,
power, and intellectual and moral character of those books classed as
''light literature," yet it cannot be too emphatically stated that this does
not relieve the parent or guardian from determining the range of read-
ing children should have. All books are not for all people. The
literature of one century may invite the studious attention of a
scholar, and yet be by no means suitable for the school or the home.
REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE PUBLIC LIBRARY. 315
The board of trustees and the Hbrarian must exercise dihgent care
that the selection of books be wise and wholesome ; 'but this must not
be held to excuse the parent, guardian or teacher from his or her
responsibility. Our children and youth must be as carefully re-
strained and directed in the use of the books of the public library,
as in any other direction. Look out for the springs of life that the
stream may run clear. It should never be forgotten that the real
germ is hidden in the bud. The child holds the possibility of what
shall be the man or woman.
It will be found that the report of our librarian, John S. Hayes, has
peculiar interest, in view of what we have already stated, and we in-
corporate it as a part of this report, as it gives an admirable resume
of the condition, growth, aims, possibilities and needs of the library,
and the work that has been carried on by him since his election. It
contains much valuable information and, in connection with his last
report, gives a history of the library from its origin to the present
time.
The trustees are pleased in being able to say that the work of our
present librarian promises to be of very great value to the community.
He has been assiduous in his labors, and untiring in his zeal. We are
pleased also to add, that his assistants have creditably co-operated with
him and have discharged their duties with great fidelity.
Respectfully submitted,
CHARLES S. LINCOLN, Chairman.
January 28, 1895.
REPORT OF THE LIBRARIAN
To THE Trustees of the Somerville Public Library : —
Gentlemefi, — In compliance with your by-laws, it becomes my
duty to place in your hands this, my second report, as the twenty-
second annual report of the librarian, covering the operations of the
library for the year 1894.
The library has received the generous support of the city govern-
ment and the public, and has responded to all calls made upon it, as
best it could under the circumstances. It is a pleasure to record the
fact that the circulation of books has been greater the past year than
in any other year since the library was established, notwithstanding
the fact that for the first time in its history the figures representing
its circulation during the last six months mean actual circulation,
without the addition of renewals, whereas up to that time every book
renewed, counted as being taken out twice, when as a matter of fact
it had left the library but once.
STATISTICS.
The whole number of books placed in the library since it was
founded in 1872, as recorded in the Accession Catalogue, is 27,729 —
and the number worn out, lost, and withdrawn, as nearly as can be
ascertained, during this same period has been 2,592 volumes, making
the number of books in the library at the present time, 25,137. This
does not include many volumes in the public document room, nor
about 1,000 volumes in the duplicate room, which have never been
entered in the Accession Catalogue, but are available in exchange for
books needed, and for replacement.
During the year you have added 2,860 volumes, while 146 have
been w^orn out, lost, or withdrawn. Of the number added, 216
volumes were from donations, and 2,644 volumes by purchase and
318
ANNUAL REPORTS.
binding of serials. The number added during the year exceeds by
over 1,000 volumes the number added during any other year since the
library was opened to the public.
It may be of interest to note the additions of books to the library
each year since it was started, as found recorded in the Accession
Catalogue. These figures denote the total accessions, and include the
volumes worn out, lost, or withdrawn.
The library was open to the public May 1, 1873, with 2,384
volumes on its shelves.
Volumes May 1, 1873
Added during 1873
1874
'' 1875
1876
1877
1878
'' 1879
1880
1881
1882
" 1883
1884
1885
1886
1887
1888
1889
1890
1891
1892
1893
1894
Total number Dec. 31, 1894
Added Each
Year.
2,384
Accession No. Dec, 31,
of Each Year.
1,251
1,027
573
3,635
4,662
5,235
602
5,837
853
6,690
749
7,439
515
7,954
660
668
8,614
9,282
770
913
10,052
10,965
859
964
11,824
12,788
1,150
13,938
1,165
1,846
15,103 •
16,949
1,346
18,295
1,817
1,432
1,648
1,677
20,112
21,544
23,192
24,869
2,860
27,729
27,729 volumes.
It will be noticed that during the first five years there were added
an average of 861 volumes each year ; during the next five years an
REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE PUBLIC LIBRARY. 319
average of 672 volumes each year; during the third period of five
years, an average of 1,010 volumes each year, and during the fourth
period, an average of 1,618 volumes each year. In the year 1893,
1,677 volumes were added, and the present year, 2,860 volumes.
As the city increases in population, and the volumes become worn
out, it will be absolutely necessary to increase the annual additions if
the usefulness of the library remains unimpaired.
The library has been open to the public 304 days during the past
year, and 106,341 books have been given out for home use, a daily
average of 350. The largest number given out in one day was April
14, 1,062. The largest number m one month was in April, 12,505;
the smallest number was in August, 6,525.
There were distributed through the agency in West Somerville,
8,229 volumes, and by the East Somerville agency,. 5, 100 volumes.
The number of library cards in use at the present time is about
5,538, of which 923 have been issued during the present year.
VALUABLE ADDITIONS.
Among the more costly books added to the reference library are
Old Colony Historical Society collections. Complete, 14 vols.
Maine Historical Society collections. tI!omplete, 8 vols.
Connecticut Historical Proceedings. Complete, 3 vols.
Contributions of the old residents of Lowell. Complete, 5 vols.
Duneker's History of Antiquity. 5 vols.
History of the 13th regiment Massachusetts Volunteers.
Adj. General's Report of N. H. during the Rebellion. 6 vols.
Modern Machine Shop Practice. 2 vols.
Acts and Resolves of Mass., 1781-1785. 4 vols.
" Bay Colony.
Scribner's Statistical Atlas U. S.
Shaler's U. S. of America. 2 vols.
Map of American Politics.
Cushing's Anonyms. 4 vols.
Catalogue Boston Athenaeum. 5 vols.
Journals of Washington. 3 vols.
320 ANNUAL REPORTS
Baitlett's Concordance of Shakespeare.
Bradshaw's Concordance to Milton.
Allen's American Book-Plates.
History of Suffolk County. 4 vols.
Dictionary of National Biography, A-N. 40 vols.
History of the First Maine Cavalry.
Portraits in Plaster.
America's Wonderland.
Larned's History for ready reference. 5 vols.
Bradford's History of Mass.
For general circulation we have added :
Bagehot's Complete Works. 5 vols.
Hospitals, Dispensaries and Nursing. Ed. by Billings and Hurd.
World's Parliament of Religion.
Conversations of Lord Byron.
Dillon's Laws and Jurisprudence of England and America.
Thomas Jefferson's Works.
Curtis's Orations and Addresses.
Hittell's Mankind in Ancient Times. 4 vols.
Mrs. Green's Town Life in the XV. Century. 2 vols.
Letters of Harriet Countess Granville.
Porcupine's Works. Complete, 12 vols.
Spark's Diplomatic Correspondence. 19 vols.
Abraham Lincoln's Complete Works. 2 vols.
Conway's Climbing the Himalayas.
Wharton's Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution.
6 vols.
Memoirs of Edmund Ludlow. 2 vols.
History of Trades Unionism.
Wilson's Cyclopaedia Photography.
The Industries of Russia. 5 vols.
Memoirs of Baron de Meneval. 3 vols.
Didon's Life of Christ. 2 vols.
Bonney's Story of One Planet.
Studies in Historical and Political Science. 25 vols.
Cambridge Bible for Schools, with notes. 35 vols.
Glacial Geology of Great Britain.
REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE PUBLIC LIBRARY. 321
Masson's Napoleon at Home.
History of England under Henry IV.
Memoirs of the International Congress of Anthropology.
Flammarion's Popular x^stronomy.
Geology, Chemical, Physical and Strategraphical.
Erman's Life in Ancient Egypt.
Simcox's Primitive Civilization. 2 vols.
American Journal of Microscopy. Complete, 10 vols.
Appleton's Journal. Complete, 2-4 vols.
Our Young Folks. (Magazine). Complete, 9 volb.
Andover Review. Complete, 10 vols.
Review of Reviews. (From the beginning.)
Cosmopolitan Magazine.
Gleason's Pictorial Magazine.
DONATIONS.
During the year the library has received as gifts 1,492 bound
volumes, 713 pamphlets, 1,309 numbers of periodicals, and one pic-
ture. Of the bound volumes received, we have entered in the Acces-
sion Catalogue and placed on the shelves of the library only 216
volumes, as it was decided best to reserve these books for the new
classification, as the time of the cataloguers could be more profitably
employed on the books now in the circulating library, and, besides,
the shelf room available in the main room was needed for the new
books.
The Boston Public Library presented 1,150 volumes from its
duplicates, among which were many rare and valuable books. Charles
S. Lincoln, Charles A. West, and Charles H. Brown, of the Board of
Trustees, have each given many books and periodicals, which will aid
us in completing our sets of books and magazines. Dr. Eben
Jackson presented a fine copy of '' Schools and School Boys of old
Boston," and the SomerviUe Journal Company, 58 bound volumes, 38
pamphlets, and 104 periodicals; Geo. O. Proctor, 26 volumes, and P.
M. Harwood, a fine large photograph of a part of the '^Ancient Earth-
works of SomerviUe," richly framed, which can be seen in the Ameri-
cana room. The heirs of the noted historian, the late Francis Park-
man, presented to this library his copy of the Boston Athenaeum
322
ANNUAL REPORTS.
library catalogue, in two large volumes, a work of intrinsic value,
which will be highly prized, coming as it does from Mr. Parkman's
private library, and containing his autograph.
LIST OF DONATIONS.
Adams, Mrs. Lucy M .
American Citizen . . . . .
Ames, Geo. A., Lowell . . . . •.
Amherst College .......
Bohemian Voice .......
Boston Public Library ......
Bingham, N. W.
Brigham, C. H. .
Broadway Central Hotel, N. Y
Brooklyn Public Library .....
Brooks, E. S. .......
Brown, C. H. ........
Brockton Enterprise .......
Cambridge Public Library .....
Carpenter, A. F. .
Chicago Public Library ......
Christian Register ......
Cilley, J. P. . _
Cincinnati Public Library .....
Citizen Publishing Co. ......
City of Somerville .......
Clerc, P. M
Clinton Public Library
Crane, D. F. . .
Danvers Peabody Institute ......
DeCosta, Rev. B. F
Dike, Rev. S. W
Dover Public Library
Duddy, Robert
Eaton, Clifford
Ellinger, William, Va • .
Elliot, CD
Elliot, Miss Mary E
Ewing, Thos., N. Y
Fall River Public Library ......
Field, Mrs. L. A.
Young People's Society Christian Endeavor, First Uni-
versalist Church .......
Fitchburg Public Library
Flint, Warren F
Folsom, Channing
Free Library of Philadelphia . . . . .
Galpin, Mrs. Barbara .......
Giles, Jos. J. ........
Glines, A.W
Vols.
1,150
1
2
75
10
1
Pamph.
7
2
180
1
248
1
1
Periodi-
cals.
12
32
12
14
1
330
52
52
20
12
64
12
REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE PUBLIC LIBRARY.
323
LIST OF DONATIONS.— Con^im^e^.
Gordon, Geo. A. .
Grand Rapids, Mich., Board of Trade
Green, Dr. S. A. .
Hallet & Davis ....
Harvard College ....
Harwood, P. M., "Ancient Earthvt'orks of Somerville,"
picture and frame.
Hawes, F. M.
Hayes, J. S.
Hayes, Miss L. Y.
Hills, Thos.
Home Market Club
Hunnewell, J. F.
Indian Rights Association
Jackson, Dr. Eben
Jones, Wm. P.
Kelsey, E. E.
Kimball, F. M. .
Lancaster Public Library
Lincoln, C. S.
Lodge, Hon. H. C.
Los Angeles Public Library
Lynn Public Library
McCall, Hon. S. W. .
Mairnonides Library, N. Y. City
Maiden Public Library
Mafes. Convention of Universalists
Mass. Society Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
Medford High School Association
Melrose Public Library
Merriam, Miss M. B. .
Milwaukee Public Library .
Mt. Holyoke College .
National Civil Reform League
Newark Public Library
N. H. State Library .
New London Public Library
Newton Public Library
New York Teachers' College
North Adams Public Library
Osgood, Warren
Otis Library, Norwich, Conn.
Parkman, Francis, heirs of .
Pattee & Co., Los Angeles, Cal
Peabody Institute Library .
Portland, Or., Public Library
Pratt, R. D.
Prince Society, Boston
Proctor, Geo. O.
Redwood Library, Newport
St. Louis Mercantile Library
Vols.
Pamph.
1
1
I
2
1
^ 1
1
7
2
1
1
Periodi-
cals.
10
14
2
26
10
12
24:
12
(20)
324
ANNUAL REPORTS.
LIST OF DONATIONS.— Confini/ed.
Salem Public Library .
Sanborn, Miss H. J.
Sanford, P B. .
Scranton Public Library
Seaver, E. P.
Springfield Public Library
State of Massachusetts
State Supt. of Schools, Wis.
Stone, E. A.
Socialist Annual
Somerville Journal Co.
Somerville Y. M. C. A.
The People, New York
Thompson, B. F.
Thomson, John, Phila.
Travellers' Insurance Co.
Trustees for children of Shalem, Dcna
Trustees Public Reservation
Tufts College
Tuftonian, Tufts College
Union Pacific Railroad
United' Societies. Manifesto
United States Government
Vincent, Geo. I. .
Watertown Public Library
Wellington, J. F.
Wentworth, T. S.
West, C. A.
Winship, Geo.
Woods, H. F.
Worcester Public Library
Anna
New Mex
Vols.
1
1
I
34
4
58
32
3
2
1
12
1
3
Pamph.
3
1
1
1
38
6
120
1
1
1
1
Periodi-
cals.
12
12
104
16
12
15
12
250
80
I would again repeat what was said in my last report, " It is hoped
that the example set by these generous donors will be followed by
others, and that many books, pamphlets and periodicals that are now
lying unused in many a household will be sent here, and either be put
into circulation, or, if they should be duplicates of those we now have
be exchanged by us for books we need."
NEW STACK ROOM.
At a meeting of the Board of Trustees of this library, held April
30, it was voted : — "That the Committee on Buildings and Grounds
and the Librarian be authorized to obtain plans, specifications, and
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estimates for changing the book room into a stack room, and report
to this board." This committee, after visiting other hbraries, thor-
oughly studying all the questions involved as to the present and future
needs of the library, and the prospective enlargement of the building
at no distant day, invited three leading firms engaged in the manu-
facture of library stacks, to submit plans embodying the ideas which
the committee had in view, namely : To make the present book room
into a stack room capable of holding at least 60,000 volumes, and so
constructed that it would be equally available in the buildino; as now
constructed and used, or in that reconstructed building that must
come in the future, when adequate provision is made for the work this
library should do, as outlined in last year's report.
This committee made their report at a meeting held June 2, and
recommended that the plans and specifications submitted by
A. B. & W. T. Westervelt, of New York, be adopted, and that it
would cost about $6,000 to make the proposed change. It was unani-
mously voted : " That the secretary of this Board communicate the
action of this board to the City Council, and ask for a special
appropriation of $6,000, to change the present book room into a steel
stack room."
I appeared before the Finance Committee of the City Council, by
invitation, with the plans for the proposed change, and explained the
urgent need of more shelf room, so that we could classify the books
and reorganize the library. It was understood by the members of
the city government that we did not intend to use this money until
next year, as it would take a year for us to classify and catalogue the
books and prepare for the change, but that the trustees did not feel
justified in continuing the work of reorganizing the library, unless they
were assured by the City Council that the money for the alterations
would be available when needed.
At meetings of the Board of Aldermen and the Common Council
held June 13, an order was passed appropriating, for public library
improvement, for increased accommodation for books, $3,000,and the
order was approved by the Mayor, June 15.
It appears that the full sum asked for by this board was not appro-
priated at that time, because the City Council only had about $3,000
at their disposal, v/hich they placed to the credit of Public Library Im-
provement, feeling confident that next year's city government would
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complete the appropriation. We have, therefore, at the city hall, the
sum of $3,000, and there is no reason to doubt that at an early day
next year's City Council will vote the remaining $3,000.
This prompt and liberal action of the city government assured this
board that they would be justified in proceeding with the work of
classifying and recataloguing the books, and it is hoped and
expected that by the first of next September, our library will not only
be amply supplied with shelf room, but that we shall have a new Find-
ing List printed of all the books, arranged by classes, under authors
and titles, and a new card catalogue containing subjects, authors,
titles and cross references, well under way.
DESCRIPTION OF STACK.
The exterior of the building will be changed in book-stack
wing only, by increasing window area. The present windows are to
be elongated by adding two sashes at bottom, having a panel between
the present sill and top of new windows, which will improve the
appearance of the structure. The interior structure is not to be
changed, there being sufficient height to accommodate the second
tier of book stacks.
The new stacks are of light construction of steel, and will be two
stories high, with heavy glass plates for second floor, and access to the
same will be by two sets of iron stairs, one at each end.
A large book- lift is to be put in at the rear of this second book-
stack floor, to the basement, where the packing, unpacking and repair-
ing of books will be done. In the front will be a small book-lift from
near the delivery desk to the second floor.
The present wooden cases are clumsy compared with the steel
stacks, which are well designed and have ornamental facias, and the
patent device for interchangeable shelving is not only more econom-
ical, but admits of better classification.
The present upper floor will have to be extended under the old
wall shelving, which is to be removed. The second floor of the book
stack has an ornamental front, and gallery rail. The new stack being
open-work in all parts, admits a free circulation of air through all the
shelves, and over all the books, equalizing the temperature, and there-
by tends to preserve them.
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327
SHELF ROOM.
The amount of shelving for books in this library at the present
time is about 3,725 linear feet. Allowing an average of eight and
one-half books to each foot of shelf room, which seems to be the
amount of space generally agreed upon by librarians, the total capac-
ity of the library, assuming that every inch of shelving could be
utilized, would be 31,662 volumes, distributed as follows :
Book room .
Americana room .
Magazine room
Public document room
Reference room .
23,587 volumes
1,020
1,513
3,714
1,820 . '■
The new stack alone, if completed as planned, would hold 60,000
volumes.
The 18 book cases, now in the book room, each capable of hold-
ing 1,000 volumes, are to be distributed in the other rooms of the
building. Then the book capacity of this building will be as follows :
Stack room .
60,000 volumes
Americana room .
1,020
Magazine room
1,513
Public document room .
3,714
Reference room .
1,820
Book cases
18,000
A total of over 86,000 volumes, or 54,000 volumes more than at
the present time. How many years of growth will be required for the
library to reach this limit of 86,000 volumes is a problem we need not
now consider. But at no distant day, you must consider and solve the
problem of furnishing generous, ample rooms for the following pur-
poses : General delivery, and a card catalogue ; reading room, worthy
of the name ; reference room large enough for the needs of this con-
stantly-growing city ; rooms for individual research and study ; room
for cataloguing ; room for covering and repairing books ; rooms for
relics ; art rooms ; music rooms ; and classrooms.
The world is moving. Public library work is in its infancy, and
328 ANNUAL REPORTS.
its future possibilities are immeasurable. Somerville may lead or follow,
but the movement is onward, and will broaden out and occupy new
and more important fields of usefulness.
CATALOGUES, OR FINDING LISTS.
Should a person desire to ascertain whether our library contains
a certain book, at the present time, he would have to consult fifteen
lists, thus making it necessary to look through fifteen alphabets before
he would be certain that the desired book is not in the library.
All books in the library bought before May 1, 1894, are entered
either in the catalogue of 1888, or the supplements of 1889, 1891, or
the Somerville ^^2/r;2«3:/ supplement of 1894. All books purchased
since last May are entered in Bulletins 1 to 11, second series, also
in the general card catalogue.
The difficulty of finding a book in a large library that depends
solely on printed lists, is so great that the average mortal gives up in
despair, and will take anything he can get rather than fathom the
depths of the mysteries of printed catalogues, supplements, bulletins,
and finding lists, particularly if they have become as numerous as they
are in our library. '' It requires resolution and perseverance to get on
terms with a big library, and the expenditure of time involved is more
than a busy man can afford. It occurred to some enemy of the human
race to invent catalogues of the ordinary type. The true bibliophile
soon acquires a profound distrust and suspicion of these works. They
are a fruitful source of cerebral irritation, headache, and biliousness."
Printed catalogues soon get out of date ; new ones must be pre-
pared, and they are very expensive.
As soon as we complete the present classification of books and
give them their new position on the shelves, every call number will
be changed, and no list now in existence will aid one in finding any par-
ticular book. We must prepare new ones.
The card catalogue is the ideal catalogue in many respects. It is
always up to date, and when arranged under classes, subjects, titles,
authors, and cross references, with bibliographical notes, is of incal-
culable value. But a card catalogue for the use of the general public
must be displayed in a large room so that many persons can consult it
at the same time. A card catalogue has its limitations and its own
particular field.
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I am confident that this library cannot satisfy the demands of the
public with a card catalogue alone. Many persons use the library who
seldom come to this building themselves ; a large number of books are
distributed through the two agencies ; schoolchildren become messen-
gers, and these patrons demand lists that they can consult at home.
Instead of the customary printed catalogue, I would recommend a
printed finding list of all of the books in the library, arranged under
classes, by titles and by authors, using, as far as practicable, short
titles, with a full index, or table of contents. I would have it so
arranged that the several classes of books could be bound up
separately if thought desirable. A finding list of this character would
cost at least $2,000, and a special appropriation should be made by
the City Council to pay for it.
REBINDING.
During the past year 1,838 volumes have been sent to the bindery,
and each year this number must be larger as the library grows in size
and in age, consequently the bills for rebinding will necessarily in-
crease, and this fact should be considered by the City Council in mak-
ing its annual appropriation. Of this number, 1,410 volumes were
books from the circulating department, and 428 volumes were
magazines.
Among the latter were complete sets of the Atlantic, Harper,
Century, Scribner, Appleton, and St. Nicholas, bound in one-half
morocco for the reference library.
FRENCH AND GERMAN BOOKS.
During the year 95 volumes printed in the French language have
been placed in the library, not only for the benefit of our French pop-
ulation, which is sufficiently numerous to make it desirable to supply
these books, but for that constantly-increasing class of Americans who
have studied the language, read it easily, and are glad to obtain works
which represent and illustrate the several classes of French literature.
The frequent calls for these books indicate that they were needed
and are appreciated by readers or students of the language.
The same reasons that lead to the introduction of books in the
330 ANNUAL REPORTS.
French language into the library, apply with equal or stronger force to
books in the German language, and I suggest if the funds at your dis-
posal will permit, that during the coming year an alcove of books in
the German language be started.
RENEWALS.
In my report last year I took occasion to call your attention to the
fact that all of the books of fiction, juvenile books, some works of
travel, histories, and many other books in the library, were marked to
circulate only seven days, and the by-laws did not allow books so
marked renewed, and expressed the opinion that with the possible ex-
ception of works of fiction and some small books, one week was too
short a period to devote to a good book, and thought the patrons of
the library would appreciate having as few seven-day books as possible,
and that it would, in my judgment, be wise to make all books that
have been in the circulating library one year, fourteen-day books, per-
haps not allowing works of fiction and juveniles to be renewed.
The question how long a book may be permitted to remain in the
hands of a reader before it must be returned to the library so that
another reader can obtain it, is a very serious and troublesome one in
a small library, with a large constituency. And this library comes
under this head, for we have in our circulating department only about
one book for three inhabitants.
Under the by-laws above referred to, a book marked ''seven-day"
could enter fifty-two families in one year, while a fourteen-day book
could be used but thirteen times, if each person taking it kept it the
full time permitted by the rule. A careful consideration of the old
rule, by this Board, led to the adoption of the following in its place :
"Article xi. All books shall be fourteen-day books, unless other-
wise designated, and no book shall be retained longer than the time
prescribed.
Article xii. No renewal of any book shall be made till the vol-
ume has remained in the library one full day from its return."
By these new rules, all books, unless plainly marked to the con-
trary, can be retained fourteen days and no more, and cannot be re-
newed, or transferred from one card to another, so as to remain in the
same household for a longer period.
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At the present time, new and popular works of fiction and a few
other small books are marked "seven-day," but the number of seven-day-
books in the library is relatively very small. It may be desirable to
mark some of the larger works "twenty-one or twenty-eight-day,"
but up to the present time all books are either seven-day or fourteen-
day books.
The new rule seems to be working well, and is giving general
satisfaction so far as I am able to learn.
REREGISTRATION.
At a meeting of this Board held November 26, it was voted :
"That the Librarian be instructed to have a reregistration of all the
patrons of this library at his earliest convenience."
The common experience of public libraries has shown that a new
registration at least as often as once in five years is almost a necessity.
The practice of the various libraries as to frequency, extent or
duration, is not at all uniform. Most of the newer libraries, and
many of the older, have found it best to limit the period of regis-
tration, and consequent life of the library card, to terms of either two
or three years, usually the former ; a few have adopted five years as
the limit.
The advantage of prompt notification in case of overdue books,
that is, those kept beyond the loan period provided by the rules of the
Hbrary, has long been understood ; and losses to the library are
greatly lessened when such practice is promptly followed. But the
first requisite to effective notice is to have the correct address of the
delinquent. Long terms of registration are not conducive to accu-
racy in that respect, owing to the very large percentage of persons
who neglect to give the required notice to the library of any change
of residence, and this defect is more evident in the case of the two
persons who recommended the card -holder, and who are in a certain
sense morally responsible, at least, for his neglect.
Of the volumes reported as not recovered from readers at this
library, nearly every one represents the loan to some reader who at
the time when his card was issued to him was living at the street and
number at which his registration locates him, but who at the time
when the missing book was issued to him was no longer living there,
and could not be traced farther.
332 ANNUAL REPORTS.
Our best safeguard against the loss of books, is a vigilant over-
sight on the part of the Librarian in sending for overdue books, and
to do this promptly and successfully it is necessary to have the correct
address of the card-holder and his recommenders.
Reregistration means a large amomit of work for the library force,
and a certain amount of annoyance to the book-takers, but neither of
these need be excessive under a proper system, and I trust we may
be able to carry out your instruction of November 26, without
seriously interfering with the regular work of the library, or interrupt-
ing the continuous taking out of books by our patrons.
CASE FOR NEW BOOKS.
The time has not arrived when it seems practicable to recommend
that the patrons of the library should be admitted to the book room
to examine and select their own books, neither do I consider it worth
the time to give the arguments for or against this plan. I would, how-
ever, suggest for your consideration, that a book-case be placed either
in the delivery room or in the reading room, easy of access to the
public, and that on its open shelves all new books be placed, that they
may be handled and examined by readers at their leisure, or taken
by them, after being charged on their card, for home use. This
would "give access to the shelves" so far as new books are concerned,
and I am confident that this privilege would be appreciated, and
that it would immediately put into circulation many books that would
not be called for, were readers only directed to them by seeing their
titles on the bulletin board or in the local papers.
If it were found, after trial, that this method of exposing new books
did not work satisfactorily or that the privilege was abused, it would
be an easy matter to discontinue it.
I also suggest that a case of reference books, such as encyclo-
paedias, unabridged dictionaries, biographical dictionary, Lippincott's
Gazetteer, Brewer's Handbooks, etc., be placed in the reading room
for readers to consult at their pleasure.
INFORMATION SLIPS.
It seems to me that one of the most important duties that the
Librarian should perform is to assist readers and students in their
REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE PUBLIC LIBRARY. 333
search for books and information in connection with their reading and
study. And I desire all persons to feel and to exercise the utmost
freedom in calling on me for any assistance or advice which I may
be thought to be able to give.
I have placed in the delivery room this notice : " It is hoped that
those who make use of the library will have no hesitancy in consulting
the Librarian and assistants in all matters upon which information is
needed. Inquiries regarding special subjects of study are always in-
vited, and will receive careful attention. Information slips can be
obtained at the desk."
It is very gratifying to report that many have accepted the in-
vitation, and fully appreciate all assistance rendered. While freely
giving all the information in our power, our constant aim should be
to assist readers to search for themselves, after directing them to the
source from which the information can be obtained.
If we are not able to give the information required, at the time
the request is made, we mail it as soon as it is obtained.
Next to supplying the books themselves, it seems to me the most
important work we can do is to judiciously guide and assist readers
in the selection and use of books.
In the line of this kind of work, we have published in the local
papers and have distributed special reading lists, not only giving the
titles, authors, and shelf numbers of some of the books on the subject,
but calling attention to articles in the periodicals that should be read.
These are among the subjects bulletined : —
Sandwich Islands and Hawaii.
Books for Boys (with helpful notes about each book).
Political Science.
Protection and Free Trade.
Labor and Trades Unions.
Edward Everett Hale.
Money and Finance.
Books Relating to Unconventional Journeys.
Books of Nature for Summer Reading.
Summer Sports and Out-door Exercises.
Mountain Expeditions.
Yachts and Yachting.
Corea, China and Japan.
334 ANNUAL REPORTS.
TWO-BOOK CARD.
Several libraries in this country, and some abroad, allow two books
to be taken on one card. Wherever tried it has been found to be a
great convenience, and has given general satisfaction to the public.
The card now in use in the Brookline Public Library contains the
following instructions : ''Borrowers may take two books at the same
time, provided that not more than one of these shall be a work of
fiction, and that two new books shall not be taken." The card is
divided in the middle; the left side has "Fiction" at the top, the
right side '^ Other works."
This arrangement permits a dessert with the meats, and gives a
person opportunity of tasting of the notable literature of the day
without giving up the delightful novel. It will reduce the time now
spent by the reader in obtaining and returning his books, and would
ultimately lead to a wider and more profitable range in his reading.
I would recommend that it be given a trial in this library.
CONCLUSION.
In closing this report, I desire to express my grateful appreciation
of the cordial good will and support that have been given me, not only
by every member of this Board of Trustees, but by those who to so
large an extent help to educate public opinion, — our local press. In
many instances much help has been derived from it, not only directly
by kindly criticism or commendation and by publishing our bulletins of
new books and reading lists, but indirectly by calling particular atten-
tion to books included in our catalogues, or by introducing topics
which have induced the reader to consult books in the hbrary. This
is as it should be. The library and the newspaper should be mutually
helpful, and both seek for the furtherance of public intelligence and
good morals.
But, gentlemen, it is from your hands I have had the most imme-
diate assistance and cheer. The careful, candid consideration that
you have ever given to all my suggestions and plans, has given me
added strength and fresh courage. Your hearty co-operation and well-
matured advice has lightened my burdens and lessened my labors, and
if during my administration, as the executive head of this library, any
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improvements have been made, and the library has been placed in
closer touch with the people, or our books have exerted a greater edu-
cational force in this community, to you, largely, the credit belongs.
We have consulted together freely, and if our conclusions have not
always been wise, certainly that cannot be chargeable to any lack of
painstaking care on your part. Differences of opinion must be ex-
pected, and are not always undesirable. Mistakes cannot be invariably
avoided, but so long as there is an underlying sense of moral responsi-
bility, the work as a whole must prove substantially praiseworthy.
The ideal library has yet to be created, and it must be of gradual
growth, the result of careful thought, united effort, and hard work —
continued through many years. Our ideal may never be realized, but
with a vigorous purpose to make use of all the means and material
furnished us, an advance must be made which shall give better and
still better results. We can, at least, keep in mind Browning's invig-
orating declaration :
" 'T is not what man does which exalts him, but what man would
do."
And so with eager activity and zeal we maybe faithful to our trust
by putting ourselves into our work. Only such work deserves the
praise of others, or the plaudits of our conscience. When Phidias, the
great Grecian artist, made the shield of Minerva, he wrought his own
image into the shield.
Respectfully submitted,
JOHN S. HAYES, Librarian,
December 31, 1804.
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REPORT
OF THE
SOMERVILLE MYSTIC WATER
BOARD.
(•21)
CITY OF SOMERVILLE.
In Board of Aldermen, February 13, 1895.
Referred to the Committee on Printing, to be printed in the Annual Reports.
Sent down for concurrence.
GEORGE I. VINCENT, Clerk.
In Common Council, February 13, 1895.
Referred to the Committee on Printing, to be printed in the Annual Reports,
in concurrence.
CHARLES S. ROBERTSON, Clerk.
CITY OF SOMERVILLE.
Office of the Water Board, February 2, 1895.
To His Honor, the Mayor, and the Ciri' Council : —
Gentlemen, — The Somerville Mystic Water Board herewith
presents its twenty-first annual report of the condition of the Water
Department, being for the year ending December 31, 1894.
ORGANIZATION.
The Board organized on February 2, by re-election of George D.
Wemyss as president, and Frank E. Merrill as clerk. Nathaniel
Dennett was re-elected superintendent.
FINANCIAL CONDITION.
Cost of Water Works.
The total cost of works on December 31, 1893, was . 8607,593.82
Expended during the past year for construction . 28,375.67
Total cost December 31, 1894 .... 8635,969.49
WATER DEBT.
The indebtedness of the city on account of the Water Works on
December 31, 1893, was 8358,500 ; this debt has been reduced during
1894 by the payment of bonds maturing July 1, and October 1, to the
amount of 818,000, the water indebtedness being now represented by
bonds drawing interest as follows :
8248,000.00 at 4 per cent, per annum.
82,500.00 " 5 '•' •'•' •'•'
10,000.00 '' hh " " "
340 ANNUAL REPORTS.
RECEIPTS AND DISBURSEMENTS.
The following tables exhibit the receipts and expenditures for
maintenance and extension of the Water Works during the year
1894:
Maintenance.
Received, amount appropriated by City Council for
'1894 $25,000.00
Received, amount transferred from Extension account 5,000.00
Received, amount transferred from Water Loan In-
terest account ....... 2,500.00
Received, collections from sundry accounts for labor
and material ....... 196.93
Received, balance from Water Service Assessments . 147.65
Paid for maintenance of Water Works $31,936.90
Amount expended in excess of appro-
priation in 1893 .... $ 596.67
Balance unexpended at end of year . 311.01
$32,844.58 $32,844.58
Extension.
Received, unexpended balance from appropriation
of 1893 $ 14.94
Received, amount appropriated by City Council for
1894 35,000.00
Received, collections from sundry accounts for labor
and material . . . . . . .^ 1,857.39
Paid for Extension of Water Works $30,233.06*
Transferred to Water Maintenance
account 5,000.00
Balance unexpended at end of year 1,639.27
$36,872.33' $36,872.33
SERVICES.
It was decided by the Board early in the year to make a change in
the system of putting in and paying for service pipes. Formerly the
REPORT OF THE WATER BOARD. 341
service pipes were laid from the street main to the building, and all
material and labor were charged for, so that it frequently occurred that
two or more service pipes of the same length would vary in cost, as
there could be no fixed charge for the labor, thereby causing dissatis-
faction. The service was not to be paid for until after the work was
completed, and it often happened that the city was deprived of the
payment for many months after the work was finished. Under the
present system a uniform price of SI 5 is made for each service pipe;
they are paid for when the application is made, and are laid by the
city only to the property line. Three hundred and sixty-one new
services were put in during the year, and we are pleased to say that
the new arrangement has worked very satisfactorily.
EXTENSION OF WORKS.
For the four years ending December 31, 1803, over ten and one-
fourth miles of cast-iron pipe were laid on extension of the works.
It would appear from these figures that our undeveloped territory
would soon be exhausted, but as evidence that progress in opening up
available building sites is still being actively carried on, two and one-
quarter miles have been laid in the year just closed, an increase of
three thousand, four hundred feet over the previous year.
Perhaps there is no truer barometer of the rapid growth of the
city than this large extension of the works.
Reference may be had to the report of the superintendent, here-
with presented, for details of the pipe laid in extending the water
works system.
RELAYING WATER PIPES.
The deplorable condition of the old cement pipe in our streets is
indeed alarming. The employees are called out at all hours of the
day and night to repair bursts ; oftentimes snow and ice have to be
removed from the gate covere before the water can be shut off, while
in the meantime a cellar is being flooded, or windows broken with a
cyclone of water, gravel and mud : for it must be borne in mind that
the debris will often drive with cyclonic force for over sixty feet from
the break. Next comes the annoyance of settling damages, which
are frequently quite heavy. The Board is apprehensive that, in case
342 ANNUAL REPORTS.
of fire, the extra strain on these old pipes will cause a break and leave
our firemen powerless for want of water. The Board has used its
utmost endeavor from year to year to replace the old cement with cast-
iron pipe, but we feel that the appropriations have never been large
enough for that purpose. There has been relaid during the last year
about four and seven- eighths miles ; there are about eighteen miles yet
to be relaid, and the safety of the city demands that it should be
done at once.
HYDRANTS.
There has been a net increase of sixty-two hydrants during the
year, making the total number now in the city six hundred and thirty.
We again renew our recommendation that the expense of setting
hydrants and keeping them in order be placed in the hands of the
fire department.
Experience has shown that familiarity with the construction and
operation of our hydrants is a matter which cannot be too strongly
urged upon our firemen.
HIGH WATER SERVICE.
Everything connected with the high water service continues to
give entire satisfaction. It was found to be of great usefulness during
what threatened to be a very serious fire in one of the wood-working
establishments of our city. The fire department were delighted with
the abundance of water furnished.
All the wood-work of the pumping station has been scraped and
refinished, giving the place a bright and clean appearance.
WATER SUPPLY.
In our last report we called attention to the fact that the Legisla-
ture instructed the State Board of Health to examine into the question
of Metropolitan water supply, and to report in the year 1895.
Through the courtesy of the State Board of Health we were shown
and had explained to us, on a large map, the proposed MetropoHtan
system, and were much pleased with the thorough manner in which it
had been investigated. At the present time Boston is constructing
REPORT OF THE WATER BOARD. 343
basin No. 5 at the head of the Sudbury system, and it is estimated
that it will hold seven billion gallons, but this additional reservoir will
be sufficient for not more than eight or ten years. The Metropolitan
district, including Boston and suburbs within a radius of ten miles, has
at present a population of one million, and in 1920 will, in all proba-
bility, have reached two million people.
The State Board of Health has completed its report, and has
decided that the most available source of supply is to extend the Sud-
bury system by tapping the Nashua river nine miles beyond basin No.
5, and by forming an artificial lake at that point covering an area of
six and one-half square miles, with an average depth of forty-six feet,
which will hold sixty-three billions, sixty-eight millions gallons of
water in reserve. Beyond this basin it is proposed to obtain future
supplies from the Ware and Swift rivers, and it is possible to go even
farther back and to touch the Deerfield river. This plan has been
found, after careful surveys by competent engineers, to furnish an area
larger than that covered by Lake Winnipesaukee ; it furnishes water
which is equally pure and good, and the cost will be much less.
It is estimated that the expense of connecting the Nashua river
with the Sudbury system, and the formation of the proposed large
reservoir would be S17,000,000, and that the investment would soon
pay for itself in the increased demand for water.
It must be quite evident to every water taker in Somerville that
something must be done to procure not only a more abundant supply,
but also water of better quality than that now furnished by the Mystic
system. The proposed Metropolitan system will do both, and at much
less expense than we are under now. We recommend that the city of
Somerville do all in its power to bring about the completion of this
work.
GEORGE D. WEMYSS,
GEORGE A. KIMBALL,
WM. FRANKLIN HALL,
Somerville Mystic Water Board.
REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT.
To THE SOMERVILLE MySTIC WaTER BoARD :
Gentlemen, — The annual report of the Superintendent of the
Somerville Mystic Water Works is herewith submitted, with details of
the work performed by this department during the year 1894.
The tables hereto annexed show the location, size and number of
feet of pipe extended and renewed ; the number and location of
hydrants set and removed ; the location of all hydrants in use Dec.
31, 1894; the number and location of gates set and removed; the
number and locations of standpipes, and the number and locations of
fountains in the city, also the number, size and length of service pipes
laid in 1894.
HIGH SERVICE.
The high service continues to give excellent satisfaction. Several
streets that were relaid with iron pipe in 1894 have been added to
the district covered by the high service, and seventeen additional
hydrants have been included.
DISTRIBUTION MAINS.
A number of important thoroughfares were relaid with cast iron
pipe, and the domestic and fire service have been greatly improved
thereby, but a large number of streets are still in a condition that
imperatively demands relaying with iron pipe the coming season.
Two miles, 1,344 feet, of cast-iron pipe were laid on construction
account, and 4 miles, 4,657 feet, were laid in place of old cement-lined
pipe abandoned.
There still remains in the city 23 miles, 1,916 feet, of cement-lined
pipe.
The total length of distribution mains now in the city is 69 miles,
4,947 feet.
REPORT OF THE WATER BOARD.
345
CONSTRUCTION TABLE.
New Pipe, Gates, Hydrants, and Standpipes.
Pipe
Laid.
Gates.
Hydrants.
Size.
Size.
Size.
=
Feet.
Inches.
No.
Inches.
No.
Inches.
'jr.
Adams street ....
10
6
..
6
Adrian street ....
, ,
, .
1
6
. .
, ,
• •
Ames street ....
6
6
. .
. .
6
Avon street ....
G
(',
. .
6
Avon street ....
100
10
, ,
. .
• •
Banks street ....
52
8
, .
. .
, .
Bartlett street (south from Med-
ford street)
18
6
. .
2
6
Bartlett street (south from Broad-
^vay)
298
6
1
()
6
Beech street ....
345
6
. .
6
Bleachery court
38
2
. .
. .
• •
Bradley street
278
i;
]
6
6
Bradley street
204
8
Burnside avenue
239
8
. .
. .
Cedar avenue ....
55
6
. .
. ,
Central street ....
12
. .
. .
Centre street ....
219
6
1
6
Chandler street
. ,
. .
1
6
Claremon street
6
6
. .
. .
1
4
Concord avenue
21
6
, ,
. .
•J
6
Cook street ....
3
4
. .
1
4
Cottage avenue
1
6
Craigie street ....
6
4
. .
. .
Craigie street ....
9
6
. .
. .
6
Cutter avenue
96
6
1
6
. .
Elm place ....
. .
1
4
. .
Elm street ....
05
6
. .
. .
6
. .
Elm street (near Burnside ave.)
23
2
. .
. .
. .
1
Elm street (opp. Kenwood st.)
6
2
. .
. .
. .
1
Francesca avenue
7
»;
. .
. .
6
Francesca avenue .
33
8
1
8
Fremont street
115
6
1
C,
<;
Fremont street
567
8
. ,
Gordonia Road
16
(j
. ,
Gorham street
6
6
6
Hall avenue ....
7
6
6
Hall avenue ....
431
8
, ,
, .
Hancock street
100
8
1
8
, ,
Harvard street
1
6
. .
. .
6
Harvard street (by-pass)
1
8
. .
Hawthorne street .
158
6
1
6
1
6
Highland avenue
24
6
. ,
. ,
6
Holland street
29
2
• •
. .
. .
1
Irving street ....
8
6
. .
6
Jenny Lind avenue
266
6
1
6
1
6
Kent street ....
76
12
1
12
Laurel court ....
169
2
, .
. .
• •
Lexington avenue .
52
4
1
4
Liberty avenue
218
8
* •
Linden avenue
285
4
1
4
■■
346
ANNUAL REPORTS.
CONSTRUCTION TABLE. — Continued.
New Pipe, Gates, Hydrants, and Standpipes.
Pipe
Laid.
Gates.
Hydrants.
■ "S,
Size.
Size.
Size.
c
OS
Feet.
Inches.
No.
Inches. '
No.
Inches.
tio
Linden avenue
21
6
..
2
6
Lowell street .
16
12
. ,
. .
. .
Marshall street
42
6
1
10
3
6
Meacham street
8
6
. .
1
6
Meacham street
504
8
1
8
. .
Mead street .
20
6
1
6
1
4
Medford street
18
6
1
12
1
6
Melvin street .
62
6
. .
. .
Melvin street .
72
8
. .
. ,
. .
Minnie avenue
722
6
1
6
1
6
Moore street .
150
6
. .
. .
2
4
Moreland street (north
from
Meacham)
153
6
1
6
Moreland street (south
from
Meacham) .
100
10
. .
. .
Mortimer place
100
6
. .
. .
Mossland street
7
6
. .
1
6
Munroe street
16
6
. .
. .
1
6
Orchard street
18
6
1
8
1
6
Park avenue .
6
6
. .
. .
1
6
Pearl terrace .
143
2
, .
. .
Pembroke street
62
6
1
6
Richdale avenue
55
6
1
6
Russell street .
283
6
Sacramento street .
10
6
1
6
School street .
7
6
1
6
Snow terrace .
120
2
Somerville avenue .
20
6
2
6
Spring street .
7
6
1
6
. .
Staniford terrace
21-8
6
1
6
Staniford terrace (blow-o
ff)
. .
1
4
Summer street
40
4
. .
4
4
Summer street
34
6
. .
4
6
Summer street
891
10
1
10
^
Sycamore street
602
6
1
6
1
6
Sycamore street
3
8
Tower street .
600
8
1
8
Tower street .
7
6
1
6
Veazie street .
342
6
1
6
1
6
Vernon street
.
1
4
Wallace street
35
6
1
8
2
6
Walter street .
7
4
1
4
Walter street ,
563
6
2
6
1
6
Walter place .
214
6
1
6
Walter place (blow-off)
8
4
1
4
Ware street
132
6
Washington street .
9
6
1
6
Wyatt street .
3
4
1
4
Wheeler street
293
4
2
4
Winter street .
6
6
1
6
Woodbine street
472
6
• •
1
6
REPORT OF THE WATER BOARD.
347
RENEWAL TABLE.— Main Pipe, Gate, and Hydrants.
Adams street
Adams street
Ashland street
Avon street
Beech street
Beech street
Behnont street
Central street
Chandler street
Cherry street
Cherry street
Claremon street
Craigie street
Craigie street
Elm street
Elm street
Elm street, standpipe
Elm place
Evergreen avenue
Harvard street
Highland avenue
Highland avenue
Highland avenue
Howe street
Irving street .
Irving street .
Lincoln avenue
Loring street .
Lowell street .
Linden avenue
Marshall street
Mead street
Moore street .
Mossland street
Orchard street
Park avenue .
Pitman street .
Porter street
Prescott street
Sacramento street
School street .
Somerville avenue
Somerville avenue
Spring street .
Summer street
Summer street
Thurston street
Vinal avenue .
Wallace street
Webster street
Winter street .
Main Pipe.
Gates.
Hydrants.
Size.
Aban. Relaid
4"
6"
4"
8"
3"
6"
i"
6"
7"
8"
4"
8"
12"
]2"
4"
(J"
4"
8"
4"
6"
4"
0"
4"
6"
4"
8"
6"
6"
6"
12"
2"
. . .
3"
4"
i"
6"
6"
8"
6"
6"
6"
8"
8"
12"
4"
6"
4"
6"
6"
8"
4"
4"
6"
8"
4"
8"
6"
10"
4"
6"
4"
6"
4"
12"
4"
8"
4"
6"
4"
6"
4"
8"
6"
8"
e"
12"
4"
10"
6"
6"
6"
19"
4"
8"
4"
6"
6"
10"
'e''
8"
6"
8"
'in
6'''
Length ^B^^-
in Feet. .. „.
iNo.i Size.
413
47
21
778
27
80
389
GO
18
58.5
15
1,319
36
2,750
6
13
27
781
70
60
2,775
27
24
1,182
6
14
1,122
1,674
270
574
394
1,000
516
52
61
34
60
313
30
1,690
428
118
4,055
40
1,360
456
4"
8"
4"
4"
4"
4"
12"
4"
4"
4"
4"
6"
4"
6"
8"
4"
6"
4"
6"
4"
4"
4"
4"
4"
6"
4"
6"
4"
6"
Reset.
Aban.
Reset.
Nc
Size. No., Size. No. Size.
6"
6"
8"
8"
12"
8"
6"
6"
8" i...
12" : 4
6"
8"
12"
6"
8"
8"
10"
1 6"
1 12"
6"
6"
12"
10"
12"
ft'/
10'
4"
4"
4"
4"
6"
4"
4"
4"
6"
4"
4"
6"
6"
6"
6"
8"
6"
6"
6"
6"
4"
6"
6"
I 1
348
ANNUAL REPORTS.
TABLE SHOWING THE LOCATION OF PIPE LAID IN 1894.
Diameter
Length
Street.
From,
To.
in Inches.
in Feet.
Central
At junction of .
Highland ave. .
12
6
Kent
Somerville ave.
Southerly
12
76
Lowell
Connection
At Somerville ave.
12
16
98
Avon
1892
Southeasterly .
10
100
Moreland .
1891
Northeasterly .
10
100
Summer
Cherry street
WilloM'^ ave.
10
891
1,091
Banks
1893
Northeasterly .
8
52
Bradley
1890
Northeasterly .
8
204
Burnside ave.
1893
Northeasterly ,
8
239
Francesca ave. .
1890
Liberty ave.
8
33
Fremont
6" laid in 1894 .
Northeasterly .
8
567
Hall ave, .
1893
Southeasterly .
8
431
Hancock .
1893
Summer street ,
8
100
Liberty ave.
Francesca ave. .
Southwesterly .
8
218
Meacham .
Fremont street .
Minnie ave.
8
504
Melvin
1893
Southwesterly .
8
72
Sycamore .
Connection
At Highland ave.
8
3
Tower
Highland ave. .
Crown street
8
600
3,023
♦Adams
6
10
♦Ames
• • •
...
6
6
♦Avon
• • •
.
6
6
Bartlett
Broadway .
Southwesterly .
6
298
♦Bartlett .
• . •
6
18
Beech
Spring street
Harvard street .
6
345
Bradley
8" laid in 1894 ,
Walter street
6
278
Cedar ave.
Connection
At Linden ave.
6
55
Centre
Albion street
Woodbine street
6
219
♦Claremon
.
6
6
♦Concord ave. .
.
.
6
21
♦Craigie
• • •
6
9
Cutter ave.
1892
Highland ave. .
6
96
♦Elm
• > •
.
6
65
♦Francesca ave.
.
.
6
7
Fremont
1890 !
Northeasterly .
6
115
Gordonia road. .
Connection
At Summer street
6
16
♦Gorham .
• • •
• • •
6
6
♦Hall ave.
• • •
• • •
6
7
♦Harvard
• • •
• •
6
7
Hawthorne
Cutter ave.
Southeasterly .
6
158
REPORT OF THE WATER BOARD.
349
TABLE SHOWING THE LOCATION OF PIPE LAID IN 1894. — Continued.
Street.
From.
To.
, Diameter
; in Inches
1
; Length
in Feet.
* Highland ave. .
f.
24
*Irving
.
.
6
' 8
Jenny Lind ave.
1892
Broadway
G
2GG
*Linden ave.
.
.
! G
21
* Marsh all
, ,
• ...
G
1 42
*Meacham
. ...
G
i '^
Mead
6" laid in 1894
Southeasterly .
G
' 20
*Medford .
, .
• • • •
G
18
Melvin
80 feet north fr
Bonair street
^"^ Northeasterly .
G
02
Minnie ave.
Meacham street
Northeasterly .
G
i 722
Moore
6" laid in 1894
Mead street
6
150
Morelancl .
Meacham street
Northeasterly .
r;
' 1.53
Mortimer place .
Walter street
Northerly
G
100
*Mossland
.
•
1 ^'
7
*Munroe .
.
.
6
IG
^Orchard .
. ,
.
G
IS
*Park ave. .
. ,
• ...
G
■ G
Pembroke .
1874
Sycamore street
G
G2
Richdale ave.
1888
Sycamore street
6
o~y
Russell
Orchard street
Cottage ave.
G
283
*Sacramento
.
.
G
10
*School
.
. .
G
7
*Somerville ave.
, ,
. ...
G
20
*Spring
.
.
G
7
Stanford terrace
Beacon street
Northeasterly .
6
218
*Summer .
.
G
34
Sycamore .
Medford street .
Richdale ave. .
G
G02
*Tower
. . .
<>
7
Veazie
James street
Northwesterly .
G
342
* Wallace .
.
• •
G
35
Walter
Walnut street .
Mortimer place .
G 1
5G3
Walter place
Walter street
Southwesterly .
6 i
214
Ware
1888
Northwesterly .
G !
132
* Washington
...
G
9
* Winter .
,
...
G
G
Woodbine .
Centre street
Northwesterly .
6
472
6,4G7
*Cook
4
3
*Craigie
. . .
« . .
4
6
Lexington ave. .
At Fanning ave.
For blow-off
4
52
Linden ave.
Summer street .
Cedar ave.
4
285
* Summer .
• • ■
4
40
* Walter
• •
4
7
Walter place
At end of place
For blow-off
4
8
350
ANNUAL REPORTS.
TABLE SHOWING THE LOCATION OF PIPE LAID IN 1%^^.— Cone hide a.
Street.
From.
To.
Diameter
in Inches.
Length
in Feet.
Wheeler
*Wyatt
Bleachery court
Elm .
Elm .
Holland .
Laurel ave , .
Pearl terrace
Snow terrace
Total len^
^th
Mt. Vernon street
Connection
At Burnside ave.
At Kenwood street
At Elmwood street
Laurel street
Pearl street
Jaques street
of Pipe laid
Pinckney street
At Somerville ave.
For standpipe .
For standpipe .
For standpipe .
Northwesterly .
Northeasterly .
Southwesterly .
4
4
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
293
3
697
38
23
6
29
169
143
120
528
11,904
'Hydrant branch.
REPORT OF THE WATER BOARD.
351
TABLE SHOWING THE LOCATION OF PIPE RELAID IN 1894.
Street.
From.
To.
Size.
Length.
Aban-
in Feet.
doned.
Relaid.
8"
Adams
Medford street
Northeasterly
4"
413
*Adams
• . . •
.
4"
6"
1
Ashland
Connection
At Summer street
3"
6"
47
Beech
Connection
At Somerville ave.
4"
6"
21
Beech
Somerville ave. .
Spring street
4"
8"
778
Belmont
Connection
At Somerville ave.
4"
8"
27
Central
North of Highland ave.
South of Highland ave.
12"
12"
80
Chandler .
Park ave.
Northeasterly
4"
6"
389
Cherry
North of Summer st.
South of Summer st.
4"
8"
60
Cherry
Connection
At Elm street
4"
6"
18
Claremon .
Holland street
Mead street
4"
6"
585
Craigie
Somerville ave. .
Summer street
4"
8"
1,334
Elm
Craigie street
Willow ave.
6"
12"
2,7.50
*Elm
. . . ■
....
6"
6"
36
Elm place .
Connection
At Harvard street
3"
4"
13
Evergreen ave.
Connection
At Marshall street
4"
6"
27
Harvard
Beech street
Summer street
6"
8"
781
Highland ave.
Walnut street
Central street
8"
12"
2,775
*Highland ave.
,
.
6"
8"
60
♦Highland ave.
. . .
6"
6"
70
Howe
Connection .
At Marshall street
4"
6"
27
Irving
Broadway .
Holland street
6"
8"
1,182
*Irving
....
.
4"
6"
24
*Loring
•
4"
4"
6
Lowell
Connection .
At Summer street
6"
8"
.14
Linden ave.
Elm street .
Summer street
4"
8"
1,122
Marshall .
Pearl street
Broadway .
6"
10"
1,674
Mead
Moore street
East of Claremon st.
4"
6"
270
Moore
Holland street
Near Mead street
4"
6"
574
Mossland .
Elm street .
Somerville ave. .
4"
12"
394
Orchard
Day street .
Russell street
4"
is"
1,000
Park ave, .
Wallace street
Near Elm street .
4"
6"
516
Pitman
Connections
At Beech & Spring sts.
4"
6"
52
Porter
Connections
At Elm & Summer sts.
4"
8"
61
Prescott
Connection
At Highland ave.
6"
8"
34
Sacramento
Connection
At Somerville ave.
6"
12"
60
School
Highland ave.
Madison street
4"
10"
313
Somerville ave.
Near Central street
Craigie street
6"&8"
12"
1,690
♦Somerville ave.
6"
6"
30
Spring
Somerville ave.
Beech street
4"
8"
428
Summer
West of Preston street
Cherry street
6"
10"
4,055
*Summer .
.
4"
6"
118
Vinal ave. .
Connection
At Highland ave.
6"
8"
40
Wallace
Holland street
Broadway .
6"
8"
1,360
Winter
Holland street
Near Elm street .
. 4"
6"
456
Total
25,771
^Hydrant branch.
352 ANNUAL REPORTS.
HYDRANTS.
Extension.
New hydrants have been set in the following locations : —
Adams street, 6-inch P. & C, 10 feet north from Medford street.
Ames street, 6-inch P. & C, 131 feet west from Central street.
Avon street, 6-inch P. & C, 235 feet east from Central street.
Bartlett street, 6-inch P. & C, 230 feet south from Broadway.
Bartlett street, 6-inch Holyoke, 15 feet south from Ames street.
Bartlett street, 6-inch P. & C, 10 feet south from Robinson street.
Beech street, 6-inch Holyoke, 4 feet south from Atherton street.
Bradley street, 6-inch Holyoke, 28 feet south from Veazie street.
Claremon street, 4-inch Bigelow, 252 feet south from Holland street.
Concord avenue, 6-inch Holyoke, opposite Knapp Schoolhouse.
Cook street, 4-inch B. M., 74 feet north from Wyatt street.
Craigie street, 6-inch Holyoke, 126 feet north from Somerville avenue.
Craigie street, 6-inch Holyoke, 216 feet from Summer street.
Elm street, 6-inch Holyoke, west corner Porter street.
Elm street, 6-inch Holyoke, 11 feet east from Mossland street.
Elm street, 6-inch Holyoke, 153 feet east from Cherry street.
Elm street, 6-inch Holyoke, 16 feet east from Burnside avenue.
Francesca avenue, 6-inch Holyoke, corner Liberty avenue.
Fremont street, 6-inch P. & C, 287 feet north from Meacham street.
Gorham street, 6-inch P. & C, 305 feet south from Holland street.
Hall avenue, 6-inch P. & C, 306 feet west from Liberty avenue.
Harvard street, 6-inch Holyoke, 22 feet north from Harvard place.
Hawthorne street, 6-inch P. & C, 141 feet east from Cutter street.
Highland avenue, 6-inch Holyoke, .114 feet west from School street.
Irving street, 6-inch Holyoke, 187 feet north from Holland street.
Jenny Lind avenue, 6-inch P. & C, 220 feet south from Broadway.
Linden avenue, 6-inch Holyoke, 550 feet north from Elm street.
Linden avenue, 6-inch Holyoke, 30 feet north from Olive avenue.
Marshall street, 6-inch Holyoke, 94 feet north from Gilman square.
Marshall street, 6-inch Holyoke, 30 feet north from Stickney avenue.
Marshall street, 6-inch Holyoke, 104 feet south from Mortimer place.
Meacham street, 6-inch P. & C, 14 feet west from Moreland street.
Mead street, 4-inch Bigelow, 48 feet east from Claremon street.
Medford street, 6-inch P. & C, 14 feet west from Jenny Lind avenue.
I
REPORT OF THE WATER BOARD. 353
Minnie avenue, 6-inch P. & C, 300 feet north from Meacham street.
Moore street, 4-inch B. M., 22 feet south from Holland street.
Moore street, 4-inch B. M., 330 feet south from Holland street.
Mossland street, 6-inch Holyoke, 112 feet north from Somerville ave.
Munroe street, 6-inch P. & C, 206 feet east from Walnut street.
Orchard street, 6-inch' Holyoke, corner Mason avenue.
Park avenue, 6-inch Holyoke, 10 feet west from Chandler street.
Sacramento street, 6-inch P. & C, 5 feet south from Miller street.
School street, 6-inch Holyoke, 124 feet north from Highland avenue.
Somerville avenue, 6-inch Holyoke, 194 feet west from Spring street.
Somerville avenue, 6-inch Holyoke, 77 feet west from Belmont street.
Spring street, 6-inch Holyoke, 10 feet south from Pitman street.
Summer street, 4-inch B. M., 16 feet west from Laurel street.
Summer street, 4-inch B. M., 59 feet east from Central street.
Summer street, 4-inch B. M., 217 feet east from Harvard street.
Summer street, 4-inch B. M., east corner Belmont street.
Summer street, 6-inch B. M., opposite Craigie street.
Summer street, 6-inch Holyoke, 24 feet east from Linden avenue.
Summer street, 6-inch P. & C, west corner Gordonia road.
Summer street, 6-inch P. & C, opposite Banks street.
Sycamore street, 6-inch Holyoke, 175 feet south from Medford street.
Tovv^r street, 6-inch Holyoke, 13 feet north from Crown street.
Veazie street, 6-inch Holyoke, opposite James street.
Wallace street, 6-inch Holyoke, corner Holland street.
Wallace street, 6-inch Holyoke, 694 feet south from Broadway.
Walter street, 6-inch Holyoke, 20 feet west from Walnut street.
Walter street, 4-inch Bigelow, 50 feet west from Bradley street.
Washington street, 6-inch B. M., 190 feet east from Parker street.
Winter street, 6-inch Holyoke, 120 feet east from Holland street.
Woodbine street, 6-inch P. & C, 221 feet west from Centre street.
Wyatt street, 4-inch B. M., 322 feet east from Washington street.
Nine 6-inch P. & C. hydrants have also been set by the North
Packing & Provision Co. in their yard for fire protection.
Maintenance.
The following changes have been made in the kind and location
of hydrants : —
Avon street, 6-inch Pratt & Cady hydrant, set in place of 4-inch
Boston Mach., removed from same location.
(22)
354 ANNUAL REPORTS.
Beech street, 6-inch Pratt & Cady hydrant, set 30 feet east from
Spring street, to replace 4-inch Boston Mach. hydrant, removed from
corner Spring street.
Elm street, 6-inch Holyoke hydrant, set 56 feet west from Craigie
street, to replace 4-inch Bigelow hydrant, removed from 275 feet west
from Craigie Street.
Elm street, 6-inch Holyoke hydrant, set 28 feet east from Linden
ave., to replace 4-inch Holyoke hydrant, removed from corner Linden
ave.
Elm street, 6-inch Holyoke hydrant, set 109 feet west from Cherry
street, to replace 4-inch Holyoke, removed from 6 feet west from
Cherry street.
Elm street, 6-inch Holyoke hydrant, set 104 feet east from Willow
ave., to replace 4-inch Boston Mach. hydrant, removed from 58 feet
east from Willow ave.
Harvard street, 6-inch Pratt & Cady hydrant, set 13 feet north from
Beech street, to replace 4-inch Boston Mach., remoyed from same
location.
Highland ave., 6-inch Holyoke hydrant, set 260 feet west from
Walnut street, to replace 4-inch Bigelow, removed from 88 feet east
from Vinal ave.
Highland ave., 8-inch Chapman hydrant, set 44 feet east from Put-
nam street, to replace 6-inch Holyoke hydrant, removed from 73 feet
west from Vinal ave.
Highland ave., 6-inch Holyoke hydrant, set 47 feet west from
Prescott street, to replace 4-inch Boston Mach., removed from west
corner Prescott street.
Highland ave., 6-inch Holyoke hydrant, set 409 feet west from
School street, to replace 4-inch Holyoke hydrant, removed from 318
feet west from School street.
Highland ave., 6-inch Holyoke hydrant, set 115 feet west from
Trull lane, to replace 4-inch Bigelow hydrant, removed from 114 feet
east from Sycamore street.
Highland ave., 6-inch Holyoke hydrant, set 171 feet east from
Central street, to replace 4-inch Boston Mach. hydrant, removed from
corner Central street.
Irving street, 6-inch Holyoke hydrant, set 357 feet north from
Holland street, to replace 4-inch Boston Mach. hydrant, removed from
400 feet north from Holland street.
REPORT OF THE WATER BOARD. 355
Lincoln ave., G-inch Holyoke hydrant, set opposite George street,
to replace 4-inch BDSton Mach. hydrant, removed from same location.
Loring street, 6- inch Coffin hydrant, set 282 feet north from
Somerville ave., to replace 4-inch flush hydrant, removed from 280 feet
north from Somerville ave.
Marshall street, G-inch Pratt & Cady hydrant, set opposite Howe
street, to replace 4-inch Boston Mach. hydrant, removed from same
location.
Somerville ave., 6-inch Holyoke hydrant, set 61 feet east from
Spring street, to replace 6-inch Holyoke hydrant, removed from corner
Spring street.
Somerville ave., G-inch Holyoke hydrant, set 112 feet west from
Lowell street, to replace G-inch Holyoke hydrant, removed from cor-
ner Lowell street.
Summer street, 4-inch Boston Mach. hydrant, set 53 feet west
from Harvard street, to replace 4-inch Bigelow hydrant, removed from
corner Harvard street.
Summer street, 4-inch Holyoke hydrant, set 35 feet east from Por-
ter street, to replace 4-inch Holyoke, removed from corner Porter
street.
Thurston street, 6-inch Holyoke hydrant, set corner Evergreen
ave., to replace 4-inch Boston Mach. hydrant, removed from same
location.
Webster street, 6-inch Holyoke hydrant, set corner Rush street,
to replace 6-inch Coffin hydrant, removed from same location.
Hydrants in Adrian street, Chauncy avenue, Curtis street, Ham-
mond street. Jay street, Linden avenue, Webster avenue, have been
taken out for repairs, and other hydrants of the same make and size
set in their old locations.
Fourteen hydrants have been removed for repairs, and reset; 21
have been repaired at the shop and fitted with new valves, bolts, etc.
All have been thoroughly oiled, and have received necessary attention.
RECAPITULATION.
Number of public hydrants set in 1894 .... 88
Number of private hydrants set in 1894 .... 9
Total number of hydrants set in 1894 .... 97
Number of public hydrants removed in 1894 ... 23
356 ANNUAL REPORTS.
Net increase in number of hydrants in 1894 ... 74
" "■ public hydrants in 1894 . . 65
" " private hydrants in 1894 . . 9
Total number of hydrants in the city . . . . . 642
" public hydrants in the city . . . 607
'' private hydrants in the city ... 35
One hundred and one hydrants are on the high service.
TABLE SHOWING THE LOCATION OF HYDRANTS,
DECEMBER 31, 1894.
Adams street, corner of Broadway.
Adams street, 240 feet south of Broadway.
Adams street, 300 feet north of Medford street.
Adams street, 10 feet north from Medford street.
Adrian street, 106 feet east of Marion street.
Adrian street, 220 feet south of Joseph street.
Allen street, 9 feet north of Charlestown street.
Albion street, 78 feet west of Central street.
Albion street, 312 feet west of Central street.
Albion street, 234 feet east of Lowell street.
Albion street, 421 feet east of Cedar street.
Aldersey street, 200 feet west of Walnut street.
Alpine street, 280 feet east of Cedar street.
Alpine street, 670 feet east of Cedar street.
Allston street, 12 feet west of Shawmut place.
Ames street, 133 feet west from Central street,
Appleton street, corner of Clifton street.
Appleton street, 39 feet west of Willow avenue.
Arthur street, 29 feet south of Broadway.
Auburn avenue, 519 feet west of Cross street.
Austin street, 82 feet south of Mystic avenue.
Austin street, ^^ feet north of Benedict street.
Avon street, 233 feet east from Central street.
Avon street, 585 feet west of School street.
Bartlett street, 230 feet south from Broadway.
Bartlett street, 15 feet south from Ames street.
Bartlett street, 10 feet south from Robinson street.
Beacon street, 300 feet east of west end of street.
Beacon street, 84 feet east of Harris street.
REPORT OF THE WATER BOARD. 35"
Beacon street, 46 feet west of Sacramento street.
'Beacon street, 15 feet west of Kent street.
Beacon street, corner of Ivaloo street.
Beacon street, 72 feet east of Park street.
Beacon street, 22 feet east of Durham street.
Beacon street, 260 feet east of Washington street.
Beacon street, 219 feet west of Cooney street.
Beacon street, 222 feet west of Buckingham street.
Beech street, 4 feet south from Atherton street.
Beech street, 31 feet east from Spring street.
Behiiont street, 554 feet south of Highland avenue.
Belmont street, 228 feet north of Pitman street.
Belmont street, 255 feet north of Summer street.
Benedict street, 34 feet east of Mystic street.
Berkeley street, 8 feet east of Central street.
Berkeley street, 213 feet east of Hersey street.
Berkeley street, 28 feet west of School street.
Berkeley street, 212 feet west of Hersey street.
Billingham street, 129 feet north of William street.
Bonair street, opposite Autumn street.
Bonair street, 62 feet east of Walnut street.
Bonner avenue, opposite Homer square.
Boston street, 90 feet west of Bigelow street.
Boston street, 213 feet east of Bigelow street.
Boston street, 4 feet north of High street.
Bow street, 125 feet west of Union square.
Bow street, junction of Summer street.
Bow street, opposite Bow street place.
Bowdoin street, 68 feet north of Fremont avenue.
Bradley street, 26 feet south from Veazie street.
Brastow avenue, 200 feet east of Porter street.
Broadway, 50 feet east of Mt. Pleasant street.
Broadway, 28 feet west of George street.
Broadway, 21 feet west of Broadway place.
Broadway, corner of Glen street.
Broadway, 15 feet west of Cross street.
Broadway, 33 feet west of Walnut street.
Broadway, 250 feet west of Edmands street.
Broadway, 174 feet west of Grant street.
358 ANNUAL REPORTS.
Broadway, opposite Marshall street.
Broadway, corner of School street.
Broadway, opposite School street.
Broadway, corner of Thurston street.
Broadway, 240 feet east of Central street.
Broadway, 13 feet west of Norwood avenue.
Broadway, 324 feet west of Hinckley street.
Broadway, 424 feet west of Hinckley street.
Broadway, opposite Cedar street.
Broadway, 180 feet west of Wilson avenue.
Broadway, 40 feet west of Packard avenue.
Broadway, 180 feet east of Endicott avenue.
Broadway, 175 feet east of North street.
Broadway, 415 feet west of North street.
Broadway, east corner of Mt. Vernon street.
Broadway, west corner of Franklin street.
Brook street, 18 feet west of Rush street.
Buckingham street, west corner of Dimick street.
Bennett street, 150 feet east of Prospect street.
Cameron avenue, opposite Mead street.
Cameron avenue, 438 feet south of Mead street.
Cedar street, 289 feet north of Elm street.
Cedar street, 90 feet north of Sartwell avenue.
Cedar street, 50 feet north of Hall street.
Cedar street, 14 feet north of Highland avenue.
Cedar street, 14 feet north of Albion street.
Cedar street, 124 feet south of Warwick street.
Cedar street, 50 feet north of Clyde street.
Cedar street, 24 feet south of Murdo'ck street.
Cedar street, 270 feet south of Broadway.
Central street, 75 feet south of Broadway.
Central street, 6 feet north of Forster street.
Central street, 9 feet north of Vernon street.
Central street, 200 feet south of Vernon street.
Central street, 8 feet north of Albion street.
Central street, corner of Summer street.
Chandler street, 16 feet south of Broadway.
Chandler street, 216 feet north of Park avenue.
Charnwood road, 100 feet east of Gordonia road.
REPORT OF THE WATER BOARD. 359
Chauncey avenue, feet north of Jaques street.
Chester street, 15 feet north of Chester place.
Chestnut street, 538 feet south of Poplar street.
Chestnut street, 246 feet south of Poplar street.
Church street, feet south of Summer street.
Church street, 327 feet south of Summer street.
Church street, 16 feet south of Somerville avenue.
City stables, east end of yard.
Claremon street, 252 feet south from Holland street.
Clarendon avenue, at Cambridge City ledge (south side).
Clark street, 200 feet west of Newton street.
Clyde street, south corner of Murdock street.
Campbell park, 255 feet west of Meacham street.
Charles street, 183 feet south of Washington street.
Columbus avenue, 150 feet east of Bonner avenue.
Columbus avenue, 123 feet west of Bonner avenue.
Columbus avenue, 35 feet west of Stone avenue.
Columbus avenue, 8 feet east of Walnut street.
Concord avenue, 90 feet east of Concord square.
Concord avenue, opposite Knapp Schoolhouse.
Concord avenue, 30 feet east of Springfield street.
Concord avenue, 20 feet east of Wyatt street.
Conwell avenue, 465 feet west of Curtis street.
Cook street, 74 feet north from Wyatt street.
Cottage avenue, 150 feet east of Russell street.
Craigie street, 216 feet south from Summer street.
Craigie street, 555 feet south of Summer street.
Craigie street, 126 feet north from Somerville avenue.
Crescent street, opposite Hadley street.
Cross street, corner of Otis street.
Cross street, corner of Pearl street.
Cross street, 16 feet north of Oilman street.
Curtis street, 146 feet north of Professors' row.
Curtis street, opposite Raymond avenue.
Curtis street, 100 feet north of Fairmount avenue.
Cutter square, north side.
Cutter street, 290 feet south of Broadway (south line).
Dane street, 9 feet north of Tyler street.
Dane street, 112 feet south of Skehan street.
360
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Dane street, 55 feet north of Skehan street.
Dane court, 510 feet east of Dane street.
Dartmouth street, 312 feet south of Broadway.
Dartmouth street, 57 feet south of Evergreen avenue.
Dartmouth street, 180 feet north of Medford street.
Day street, 3 feet south of Davis square.
Day street, 100 feet south of Herbert street.
Day street, corner of Orchard street.
Dell street, 275 feet west of Glen street.
Delaware street, 270 feet east of Aldrich street.
Derby street, 399 feet east of Temple street.
Dickinson street, 12 feet east of Beacon street.
Dover Street, 205 feet south of Davis square.
Dover street, 129 feet south of Glover circle.
Dover street, 3 feet north of Orchard street.
Durham street, 54 feet south of Hanson street.
Elm street, 56 feet west of Craigie street.
Elm street, west corner of Porter street.
Elm street, 28 feet east from Linden avenue.
Elm street, 11 feet east from Mossland street.
Elm street, 9 feet west of Cedar street.
Elm street, 153 feet east from Cherry street.
Elm street, 110 feet west of Cherry stre-€t.
Elm street, 14 feet east from Burnside avenue.
Elm street, 101 feet east of Willow avenue.
Elm street, east corner of St. James avenue.
Elm street, west corner of Elston street.
Elm street, opposite Tenney street.
Elm street, 25 feet west of Russell street.
Elm street, 18 feet west of Grove street.
Elm street, 86 feet west of Chester street.
Elm street, 10 feet north of Winter street.
Elm street, 6 feet south of Morrison street.
Elm street, 69 feet south of William street.
Elm street, opposite Kenwood street.
Elm street, corner of Broadway.
Elmwood street, 450 feet south of Holland street.
Eliot street, corner of Park street.
Endicott avenue, 430 feet south of Broadway.
REPORT OF THE WATER BOARD. 361
Evergreen avenue, 8 feet east of School street.
Everett avenue, 200 feet east of Dana street.
Everett street, opposite Emerson street.
Fairmount avenue, 590 feet west of Curtis street.
Farragut avenue, 258 feet south of Broadway.
Farragut avenue, 550 feet south of Broadway.
Fiske avenue, 126 feet east of Hinckley street.
Fitchburg street, 400 feet east of Linwood street.
Flint street, 18 feet east of Flint avenue.
Florence street, 222 feet south of Perkins street.
Florence street, 486 feet north of Washington street.
Forster street, opposite Tennyson street.
Francesca avenue, 305 feet east of Elm street.
Francesca avenue, 7 feet west of Liberty avenue.
Frankl
Frankl
Frankl
n street, 14 feet north of Arlington street,
in street, 80 feet south of Webster street,
n street, 165 feet south of Pearl street.
Franklin street, 87 feet south of Oliver street.
Franklin street, 96 feet south of Palmer avenue.
Franklin street, 29 feet north of Washington street.
Fremont street. 86 feet north of Main street.
Fremont street, 350 feet north of Main street.
Fremont street, 285 feet north from Meacham street.
Frost avenue, opposite American Tube Works.
Fountain avenue, 280 feet west of Glen street.
Garden court, 475 feet south of Somerville avenue.
Gibbens street, 206 feet west of Central street.
Gibbens street, 129 feet west of Benton avenue.
Gilman street, 240 feet east of Walnut street.
Gilman square (southeast side).
Gilman street, 180 feet east of Aldrich street.
Glen street, 9 feet north of Brooks street.
Glen street, corner of Flint street.
Gorham street, 307 feet south from Holland street.
Gorham street, corner of Howard street.
Grand View avenue, 288 feet east of Vinal avenue.
Greene street, 200 feet south of Summer street.
Greenville street, 148 feet north of Boston street.
Greenville street, 33 feet north of High street.
362 ANNUAL REPORTS.
Hall avenue, 200 feet east of Elm street.
Hall avenue, 306 feet west from Liberty avenue.
Hamlet street, 321 feet south of Highland avenue.
Hammond street, 30 feet west of Dickinson street.
Hancock street, 258 feet south of Summer street.
Hanson street, 40 feet north of Skehan street.
Harvard street, 13 feet north of Beech street.
Harvard street, 23 feet north from Harvard place.
Harrison street, 100 feet east of Kent street.
Hawkins street, 50 feet east of Lake street.
Hawthorne street, 139 feet east from Cutter avenue.
Hawthorne street, 340 feet west of Willow avenue.
Heath street, 51 feet west of Temple street.
Heath street, 320 feet west of West street.
Heath street, corner of Bond street.
Heath street, corner of Moreland street.
Henderson street, 159 feet north of Wilton avenue.
Herbert street, 192 feet east of Day street.
High street, 300 feet west of Boston street.
Highland avenue, corner of Medford street.
Highland avenue, corner of Walnut street.
Highland avenue, 260 feet west of Walnut street.
Highland avenue, 41 feet east from Putnam street.
Highland avenue, 47 feet west from Prescott street.
Highland avenue, 114 feet west from School street.
Highland avenue, 410 feet west of School street.
Highland avenue, 115 feet west from Trull lane.
Highland avenue, 171 feet east from Central street.
Highland avenue, 28 feet west of Belmont street.
Highland avenue, 180 feet west of Lowell street.
Highland avenue, corner of Porter street.
Highland avenue, corner of Eastman place.
Highland avenue, 36 feet east of Fanning avenue.
Highland avenue, corner of Willow avenue.
Highland avenue, 6 feet west of Grove street.
Highland avenue, 60 feet east of Davis square.
Holland street, 42 feet west of Dover street.
Holland street, 36 feet east of Winter street.
Holland street, 105 feet west of Irving street.
REPORT OF JHE WATER BOARD. 363
Holland street, 77 feet east of Elmwood street.
Holland street, 117 feet west of Cameron avenue.
Holland street, 80 feet east of Newbury street.
Homer square, west side of square.
Houghton street, 200 feet east of Springfield street.
Hudson street, 292 feet east of Lowell street.
Hudson street, 8 feet east of Porter street.
Irving street, 6 feet south of Broadway.
Irving street, 300 feet south of Broadway.
Irving street, 537 feet north of Holland street.
Irving street, 183 feet north from Holland street.
James street, 100 feet north of Pearl street.
Jaques street, 9 feet north of Grant street.
Jaques street, 362 feet east of Temple street.
Jaques street, 190 feet west of Temple street.
Jaques street, 300 feet east of Bond street.
Jay street, 90 feet north of Howard street.
Joy street, 36 feet south of Washington street.
Joy street, 440 feet south of Washington street.
Joy street, 28.3 feet north of Poplar street.
Jenny Lind avenue, corner of Vernon street.
Jenny Lind avenue, 220 feet south from Broadway.
Jenny Lind avenue, 16 feet north of Vernon street.
Jenny Lind avenue, 467 feet north of Vernon street.
Kent court, 285 feet west of Kent street.
Kingman court, 300 feet south of Washington street.
Kmgston street, 402 feet west of Meacham street.
Knowlton street, opposite Morton street.
Lake street, 205 feet west of Hawkins street.
Lake street, corner of Carleton street.
Laurel street, 300 feet south of Summer street.
Laurel street, 8 feet north of Park place.
Lawrence street, 9 feet south of Richardson street.
Lincoln street, opposite Arlington street.
Lincoln avenue, 224 feet west of Mt. Vernon street.
Linden street, 33 feet north of Charlestown street.
Linden street, 557 feet south of Somerville avenue.
Linden avenue, 243 feet north of Elm street.
Linden avenue, 550 feet north from Elm street.
364 ANNUAL REPORTS.
Linden avenue, 30 feet north from Olive avenue.
Line street, 500 feet west of Cooney street.
Linwood street, 416 feet south of Washington street.
Linwood street, 225 feet north of Poplar street.
Linwood street, 55 feet south of London street.
Linwood street, corner of Linwood place.
London street, 400 feet east of Linwood street.
Loring street, 273 feet north of Somerville avenue.
Lowell street, corner of Fiske avenue.
Lowell street, 195 feet south of Richardson street.
Lowell street, opposite Vernon street.
Lowell street, 665 feet south of Summer street.
Madison street, 480 feet west of School street.
Main street, 116 feet west of Mt. Vernon avenue.
Main street, corner of Moreiand street.
Mansfield street, 200 feet north of Somerville avenue.
Mansfield street, 200 feet south of Washington street.
Maple street, 220 feet east of Medford street.
Maple street, 9 feet north of Poplar street.
Marshall street, 94 feet north from Oilman square.
Marshall street, 30 feet north from Stickney avenue.
Marshall street, opposite Howe street.
Marshall street, corner of Evergreen avenue.
Marshall street, 104 feet south from Mortimer place.
Marshall street, 200 feet south of Broadway.
Malloy court, 16 feet south of Somerville avenue.
Meacham street, corner of Orchard street.
Meacham street, 50 feet south of Glover circle.
Meacham street, at Lowell Railroad fence line.
Meacham street, 13 feet west from Moreiand street.
Mead street, 48 feet east from Claremon street.
Medford street, junction of Broadway.
Medford street, 14 feet west from Jenny Lind avenue.
Medford street, 16 feet from corner of Central street.
Medford street, 16 feet east of Sycamore street.
Medford street, 46 feet east of Thurston street.
Medford street, corner of School street.
Medford street, junction of Pearl street.
Medford street, 8 feet east of Greenville street.
REPORT OF THE WATER BOARD. 365
Medford street, 13 feet west of Prospect Hill avenue.
Medford street, 34 feet south of Central square.
"Medford street, opposite Chester avenue.
Medford street, 236 feet south of Washington street.
Medford street, 78 feet north of Maple street.
Medford street, 21 feet north of Somerville avenue.
Medford street, 98 feet north of Fitchburg R. R.
Medford street, 70 feet south of Fitchburg R. R.
Medford street, 30 feet north of Ward street.
Medford street, 91 feet south of Ward street.
Medford street, 93 feet north of Warren street.
Medford street, 17 feet south of Warren street.
Medford street, 80 feet southeast of Grand Junction R. R.
Merriam street, 42 feet north of Charlestown street.
Melrose street, 600 feet north of Mystic avenue.
Miner street, 142 feet north from Vernon street.
Minnie avenue, 300 feet north from Meacham street.
Mondamin court, junction of Harrison street.
Montrose street, 417 feet west of School street.
Moore street, 21 feet north of Mead street.
Moore street, 22 feet south from Holland street.
Moore street, 332 feet south from Holland street.
Morrison street, 13 feet west of Newbern street.
Morrison street, 195 feet west of Clifton street.
Morrison street, 33 feet west of Grove street.
Mossland street, 112 feet north from Somerville avenue.
Munroe street, 206 feet east from Walnut street.
Murdock street, 200 feet east of Cedar street.
Mt. Vernon avenue, 200 feet north of Heath street.
Mt. Vernon street, 9 feet north of Pearl street.
Mt. Vernon street, corner of Broadway.
Mt. Pleasant street, 276 feet south of Broadway.
Myrtle street, 418 feet north of Washington street.
Myrtle street, 82 feet south of Pearl street.
Mystic avenue, corner of Union street.
Mystic avenue, 200 feet north of North Union street.
Mystic avenue, near Medford line.
Nashua street, 215 feet south of Wilton street.
Newbury street, 570 feet south of Holland street.
366 ANNUAL REPORTS.
Newbury street, 965 feet south of Holland street.
Norfolk street, corner of Webster avenue.
North street, 440 feet north of Raymond avenue.
North street, 190 feet north of CityBound No. 19.
North Union street, 300 feet north of Mystic avenue.
Oak street, 390 feet west of Prospect street.
Oakland avenue, 230 feet west of Marshall street.
Oliver street, 183 feet east of Cross street.
Oliver street, 15 feet east of Glen street.
Orchard street, 9 feet west of Russell street.
Orchard street, corner of Mason avenue.
Orchard street, 9 feet east of Chester street.
Otis street, 9 feet east of Dana street.
Oxford street, 358 feet west of School street.
Oxford street, 100 feet west of Hersey street.
Park avenue, 90 feet west of Elm street.
Park avenue, 10 feet west from Chandler street.
Park street, 69 feet north of Fitchburg R. R.
Park street, 155 feet north of Beacon street.
Partridge avenue, 26 feet north of Medford street.
Partridge avenue, 126 feet south of Medford street.
. Partridge avenue, 450 feet south of Medford street.
Partridge avenue, 290 feet north of Vernon street.
Pearl street, corner of Pinckney street.
Pearl street, 69 feet west of Hillside avenue.
Pearl street, 18 feet east of Delaware street.
Pearl street, 9 feet west of Glen street.
Pearl street, 30 feet west of Dana street.
Pearl street, corner of Wigglesworth street.
Pearl street, corner of Walnut street.
Pearl street, 120 feet east of Marshall street.
Perkins street, opposite Myrtle street.
Perkins street, opposite Lincoln street.
Perkins street, 63 feet east of Perkins place.
Perkins street, 21 feet east of Mt. Pleasant street.
Pinckney street, 345 feet south of Pearl street.
Pleasant avenue, 290 feet east of Vinal avenue.
rescott street, 326 feet south of Highland avenue.
Prescott street, 582 feet south of Highland avenue.
REPORT OF THE WATER BOARD.
Prescott Street, 257 feet north of Summer street.
Preston street, 375 feet west of School street.
Poplar street, 21 feet west of Joy street.
Porter street, corner of Mountain avenue.
Porter street, 24 feet north of Williams court.
Professors' row, 140 feet west of College avenue.
Professors' row, 300 feet west of College avenue.
Professors' row, 580 feet west of College avenue.
Professors' row, 188 feet east of Packard avenue.
Professors' row, 305 feet west of Packard avenue.
Prospect Hill avenue, 9 feet north of High street.
Prospect street, 135 feet north of Bennet street.
Prospect street, corner of Webster avenue.
Prospect street, 210 feet south of Oak street.
Putnam street, 116 feet south of Highland avenue.
Putnam street, 425 feet south of Highland avenue.
Putnam street, 608 feet north of Summer street.
Putnam street, 308 feet north of Summer street.
Quincy street, 315 feet south of Summer street.
Quincy street, corner of Somerville avenue.
Richardson street, 12 feet west of Henderson street.
Richdale avenue, opposite Thurston street.
Robinson street, 333 feet west of Central street.
Rogers' avenue, 300 feet north of Morrison avenue.
Rossmore street, 260 feet south of Washington street.
Rush street, 81 feet south of Pearl street.
Sacramento street, 5 feet south from Miller street.
Sanborn avenue, 60 feet east of Walnut street.
Sargent avenue, 36 feet north of Mills street.
School street, 108 feet south of Maple avenue.
School street, 8 feet south of Montrose street.
School street, 128 feet north from Highland avenue.
School street, 88 feet north of Oxford street.
School street, 88 feet north of Avon street.
School street, 100 feet south of Summer street.
School street, 93 feet south of Preston street.
School street, 61 feet north of Knapp street.
Sewall street, 324 feet west of Grant street.
Somerville avenue, 181 feet west of Mossland street.
168 ANNUAL REPORTS.
Somerville avenue, 195 feet east of Beaconstreet bridge.
Somerville avenue, 500 feet east of Beaconstreet bridge.
Somerville avenue, 120 feet west of Elm street.
Somerville avenue, 112 feet west of Lowell street.
Somerville avenue, 77 feet west from Belmont street.
Somerville avenue, 69 feet east from Spring street.
Somerville avenue, opposite Spring street.
Somerville avenue, 195 feet west from Spring street.
Somerville avenue, 13 feet west of Beech street.
Somerville avenue, 9 feet east of Central street.
Somerville avenue, 15 feet west of Laurel street.
Somerville avenue, 100 feet west of Loring street.
Somerville avenue, 113 feet east of Dane street.
Somerville avenue, 185 feet west of Hawkins street.
Somerville avenue, 88 feet west of Quincy street.
Somerville avenue, 105 feet east of Carleton street.
Somerville avenue, 400 feet west of Prospect street.
Somerville avenue, 83 feet west of Prospect street.
Somerville avenue, 30 feet west of Linden street.
Somerville avenue, 12 feet east of Mystic street.
Somerville avenue, 121 feet east of Medford street.
Somerville avenue, 86 feet east of Poplar street.'
Somerville avenue, 490 feet west of Fitchburg R. R.
Somerville avenue, 100 feet west of Fitchburg R. R.
Somerville avenue, south side of Fitchburg R. R.
Somerville avenue, 260 feet west of Franklin court.
Somerville avenue, corner of Franklin court.
Somerville avenue, 100 feet west of Cambridge line.
Summer street, 160 feet east of Cutter avenue.
Summer street, west corner of Gordonia road.
Summer street, opposite Banks street.
Summer street, 6 feet east of Cherry street.
Summer street, 6 feet east of Cedar street.
Summer street, 24 feet east from Linden avenue.
Summer street, opposite Craigie street.
Summer street, 35 feet east from Porter street.
Summer street, corner of Lowell street.
Summer street, east corner of Belmont street.
Summer street, corner of Spring street.
REPORT OF THE WATER BOARD. 369
Summer street, 53 feet west from Harvard street.
Summer street, 215 feet, east from Harvard street.
Summer street, 59 feet east from Central street.
Summer street, 19 feet west from Laurel street.
Summer street, 54 feet east of Preston street.
Summer street, 200 feet west of School street.
Summer street, 8 feet east of School street.
Summer street, opposite Putnam street (east line).
Summer street, 6 feet west of Vinal avenue (west line).
South street, 234 feet west of Medford street.
South street, corner of Emery street.
South street, corner of Earle street.
Spring street, 10 feet south from Pitman street.
Springfield street, 140 feet south of Concord avenue.
Springfield street, 21 feet south of Dickinson street.
Springfield street, 120 feet north of Cambridge line.
Summit avenue, 120 feet west of Walnut street.
Sunnyside avenue, 105 feet west of Wigglesworth street.
Sycamore street, 18 feet south of Broadway.
Sycamore street, 360 feet south of Broadway.
Sycamore street, corner of Forster street.
Sycamore street, 213 feet north of Medford street.
Sycamore street, 174 feet south from Medford street.
Stickney avenue, 212 feet west of Marshall street.
Sydney street, 412 feet east of Temple street.
Talbot avenue, corner of Packard avenue.
Temple street, 53 feet north of Jaques street.
Tenney court, 318 feet north of Mystic avenue.
Thurston street, 6 feet north of Evergreen avenue.
Tower street, 16 feet north from Crown street.
Tremont street, corner of Webster avenue.
Trull street, 264 feet north of Vernon street.
Tufts street, 75 feet north of Washington street.
Tufts street, 48 feet west of Glen street.
Tufts street, 54 feet east of Cross street.
Thorndike street, 10 feet south of Boston & Lowell R. R.
Thorpe place, 280 feet south of Highland avenue.
Tyler street, 50 feet east of Vine street.
Union square, corner of W^ashington street.
(23)
370 ANNUAL REPORTS.
Union square, west side of square.
Veazie street, opposite James street.
Vernon street, 75 feet west of Partridge avenue.
Vinal avenue, 129 feet north of Aldersey street.
Vinal avenue, 219 feet north of Summer street.
Vinal avenue, corner of Highland avenue.
Vine street, 180 feet north of Beacon street.
Virginia street, 45 feet west of Aldrich street.
Wallace street, 40 feet south of Broadway.
Wallace street, 480 feet south of Broadway.
Wallace street, 694 feet south from Broadway.
Wallace street, 175 feet north of Park avenue.
Wallace street, 10 feet north of Holland street.
Walnut street, 38 feet south of Veazie street.
Walnut street, 92 feet south of Wellington avenue.
Walnut street, 36 feet north of Pleasant avenue.
Walnut street, 12 feet south of Boston street.
Walter street, 28 feet west from Walnut street.
Walter street, 50 feet v/est from Bradley street.
Ward street, 84 feet west of Medford street.
Ward street, corner of Emery street.
Ware street, 258 feet west of Curtis street.
Warren avenue, corner of Sanborn avenue (north side)
Warjren avenue, 75 feet south of Columbus avenue.
Warren avenue, 175 feet north of Bow street.
Warwick street, 420 feet east of Cedar street.
Washington street, 69 feet west of Crescent street.
Washington street, corner of Mt. Vernon street.
Washington street, corner of Florence street.
Washington street, corner of Myrtle street.
Washington street, 15 feet west of Myrtle street.
Washington street, 20 feet east of Franklin avenue.
Washington street, 50 feet east of Shawmut street.
Washington street, 100 feet east of Rossmore street.
Washington street, 84 feet east of Boston street.
Washington street, 75 feet west of ]\Iystic street.
Washington street, corner of Clark place (west side).
Washington street, opposite Union square.
Washington street, 6 feet east of Kingman court.
REPORT OF THE WATER BOARD.
371
Washington street, 240 feet east from Parker street.
Washington street, 96 feet west of Parker street.
Washington street, 9 feet east of Leland Street.
Washington street, 186 feet west of Dane street.
Washington street, 45 feet east of Beacon street.
Webster avenue, 96 feet south of Union square.
Webster avenue, 12 feet south of Everett street.
Webster avenue, 25 feet north of Newton street.
Webster avenue, 63 feet north of Prospect street.
Webster avenue, 275 feet south of Prospect street.
Webster street, 9 feet east of Rush street.
Webster street, 12 feet west of Cutter street.
Wellington avenue, west of Montgomery avenue.
Wheatland street, 135 feet north of Broadway.
Wheatland street, 9 feet south of Jaques street.
Wheatland street, 100 feet south of Mystic avenue.
Wigglesworth street, corner of Otis street.
Willow avenue, 12 feet north of Summer street.
Willow avenue, 250 feet north of Highland avenue.
Willow avenue, 66 feet south of Morrison street.
Winter street, 130 feet east from Holland street.
Winter Hill circle, 200 feet north of Broadway.
West street, corner of Highland avenue.
West street, 144 feet north of Highland avenue.
Wilton street, 6 feet east of Nashua street.
Wilton street, 12 feet east of Lawrence street.
Winslow avenue, 66 feet east of Villa avenue.
Woodbine street, 222 feet west from Centre street.
Wyatt street, 42 feet west of Cook street.
Wyatt street, 324 feet east from Washington street.
Private Hydr.\xts.
J Willi J- . OV^UllU . .
North Packing Co.
1
11
McLean Asvlum
4
Middlesex Bleachery
3
American Tube Works .
2
Union Glass Works
1
Fitchburg R. R. .
1
New England Dressed Meat and W
ool Compa
ny
6
372 ANNUAL REPORTS.
GATES.
. Extension.
New gates have been set in the following locations : —
Adrian street, 6-inch, south side, 120 feet north from Marion street.
Bradley street, 6-inch, south line of Walter street, 13 feet out, east
side.
Bartlett street, 6-inch, south line of Broadway, 13 feet out, west
side.
Centre street, 6-inch, north line of Albion street, 13 feet out, west
side.
Chandler street, 6-inch, north line of Park avenue, 13 feet out, west
side.
Cottage avenue, 6-inch, north line of Orchard street, 13 feet out.
Cutter avenue, 6-inch, south line of Highland aveaue, 12 feet out,
east side.
Elm place, 4-inch, west line Harvard street, north side, 8J feet out.
Francesca avenue, 8-inch, west line of Liberty avenue, 13 feet out,
north side.
Fremont street, 6-inch, west side, 188 feet south from north line
of Meacham street, and 1 6 feet out.
Hancock street, 8-inch, east side, on south line Summer street, 13
feet out.
Harvard street, 8-inch, north side, 13^ out, and 16f feet north
from south line of Beech street.
Hawthorne street, 6-inch, east line of Cutter avenue, 10 feet out
from south side.
Jenny Lind avenue, 6 -inch, south line of Broadway, 13 feet out on
west side.
Kent street, 12-inch, south line Somerville avenue, 13 feet out on
east side.
Lexington avenue, 4-inch, 21 feet out from south line of Lexing-
ton avenue, and 26 feet east from east line of Fanning avenue (for
blow-off).
Linden avenue, 4-inch, north line of Summer street, 13 feet out
on west side.
Marshall street, 10-inch, south line of Mortimer place, 13|- feet out
on east side.
Meacham street, 8-inch, east line of Fremont street, 13 feet out
on north side.
Mead street, 6-inch, west line of Claremon street, 13 feet out on
north side.
Medford street, 12-inch, west line of Hennessey court, 25 J feet
out on south side.
REPORT OF THE WATER BOARD. 373
Minnie avenue, G-inch, 8 feet north from north line of Meacham
street, 13 feet out on east side.
Moreland street, 6-inch, north Hne of Meacham street, 13 feet out
on east side.
Orchard street, 8- inch, west line of Chester street, 13§ feet out
on south side.
Pembroke street, G-inch, west line of Sycamore street, 13 feet out
on south side.
Richdale avenue, 6-inch, east line of Sycamore street, 12^ feet out
on south side.
Staniford terrace, 6-inch, north line of Beacon street, 8^ feet out
on east side.
Staniford terrace, 4-inch, 148 feet north from north line of Beacon
street, and 10 feet out on east side (for blow-off).
Summer street, 10-inch, west line of Cherry street, 16 feet out on
north side.
Sycamore street, 6-inch, south line of Medford street, 13 feet out
on east side.
Tower street, 8-inch, south line of Highland avenue, 13 feet out
on east side.
Vernon street, 4-inch, 20 feet north from east line of Jenny Lind
avenue, and 17 feet out on north side.
Veazie street, 6-inch, east line of Bradley street, 13 feet out on
north side.
Wallace street, 8-inch, south line of Broadway, 14J feet out on
west side.
Walter street, G-inch, west line of Walnut street, 13 feet out on
north side.
Walter street, 6-inch, east line of Mortimer place, 13 feet out on
north side.
Walter place, 6 inch, east line of Walter street, 13 feet out on east
side.
Walter place, 4-inch, 187 J feet south from Walter street, and 13
feet out on east side (for blow-off).
Wheeler street, 4-inch, west line of Pinckney street, 13 feet out on
east side.
Wheeler street, 4-inch, east line of Mt. Vernon street, 13 feet out
on east side.
Maintexance.
The following changes have been made in the size and location of
main gates : —
Adams street, 8-inch gate, set en north line of Medford street, in
place of 4-inch gate removed from same location.
374 ANNUAL REPORTS.
Adams street, 4-inch gate, removed from 409 feet north from
Medford street.
Ashland street, 6-inch gate, set on south Une of Summer street, 11
feet out on east side, in place of 4-inch removed.
Beech street, 6-inch gate, set on north line of Somerville avenue,
12 feet out on east side, in place of 4-inch removed.
Beech street, 8-inch gate, set on west line of Harvard street, 13
feet out, in place of 4-inch gate removed.
Belmont street, 8-inch gate, set on north line of Somerville avenue,
13 feet out on west side, in place of 4-inch gate removed.
Central street, 12-inch gate, set on south line of Highland avenue,
14 J feet out on east side, in place of 12-inch gate removed from
centre of Highland avenue.
Cherry street, 6-inch gate, set on north line of Elm street, 14 feet
out on east side, in place of 4-inch gate removed.
Cherry street, 8-inch gate, set on north line of Summer street, 13
feet out on east side, in place of 4-inch gate removed.
Cherry street, 8-inch gate, set on south line of Summer street, 15^
feet out on east side, to replace 4-inch gate removed.
Claremon street, 6-inch gate, set on south line of Holland street,
13 feet out on east side, to replace 4-inch gate removed.
Craigie street, 8-inch gate, set on north line of Elm street, 14 feet
out on west side, to replace 4-inch gate removed.
Craigie street, 8-inch gate, set on south line of Summer street, 14J-
feet out on west side, to replace 4-inch gate removed.
Craigie street, 4-inch gate, removed from old main, 300 feet north
from Somerville avenue.
Elm street, 12-inch gate, set 1 foot west from east line of Linden
avenue, 22 feet out on north side, to replace 6-inch gate removed.
Elm street, 12-inch gate, set on west line of Cherry street, 18J
feet out on north side, to replace 6-inch gate removed.
Elm street, 6-inch gate, removed from old main on west line of
Craigie street.
Elm street, 6-inch gate, removed from old main on east line Willow
avenue.
Evergreen avenue, 6-inch gate, set on west line of Marshall street,
12|^ feet out on north side, to replace 4-inch gate removed.
Harvard street, 8-inch gate, set on south line of Summer street, 13
feet out on west side, to replace 6-inch gate removed.
Harvard street, 8-inch gate, set on north line of Beech street, 13J
feet out on west side, to replace 6-inch gate removed.
Harvard street, 6-inch gate, removed from old main on south line
of Elm place.
Highland avenue, 12-inch gate, set on east line of Putnam street,
21 feet out on north side, to replace 8-inch gate removed from Walnut
street.
REPORT OF THE WATER BOARD. 375
Highland avenue, 12-inch gate, set on east Ime of Trull lane, 21
feet out on north side, to replace 8-inch gate removed.
Highland avenue, 12-inch gate, 18 feet west from east line of
Central street, 21 feet out on north side, to replace 8-inch gate
removed.
Highland avenue, 12-inch gate, set on by-pass at Central street, to
replace 8-inch gate removed.
Highland avenue, 8-inch gate, removed from old main on east line
of School street.
Howe street, 6-inch gate, set on west line of Marshall street, 12
feet out on north side, to replace 4-inch removed.
Irving street, 8-inch gate, set on north line of Holland street, 15
feet out on west side, to replace 6-inch gate removed.
Irving street, 8-inch gate, set on north line of house No. 52, 14^
feet out on west side, to replace 6-inch removed from same location.
Lowell street, 8-inch gate, set 1 foot south from north line of Sum-
mer street, 13 feet out on west side, to replace 6-inch gate removed.
Linden avenue, 8-inch gate, set on south line of Summer street, 13
feet out on west side, to replace 4-inch gate removed.
Linden avenue, 8-inch gate, set on north line of Elm street, 13
feet out on west side, to replace 4-inch gate removed.
Marshall street, 10-inch gate, set on south line of Mortimer place,
12f out on east side, to replace 6-inch gate removed from north line
of Mortimer place.
Moore street, 6-inch gate, set on south line of Holland street, 13
feet out on east side, to replace 4-inch gate removed.
Mossland street, 12-inch gate, set on south line of Elm street, 13
feet out on west side, to replace 4-inch gate removed from same
location.
Park avenue, 6-inch gate, set on east line of Wallace street, 13
feet out on north side, to replace 4-inch gate removed.
Park avenue, 6-inch gate, set on west line of Elm street, 13 feet
out on north side, to replace 4-inch gate removed.
Pitman street, 6-inch gate, set on west line of Beech street, 10 feet
out on south side, to replace 4-inch gate removed.
Pitman street, 6-inch gate, set on east line of Spring street, 10
feet out on south side, to replace 4-inch gate removed.
Porter street, 8-inch gate, set on north line oi Elm street, 13 feet
out on west side, to replace 4-inch gate removed.
Porter street, 8-inch gate, set on south line of Summer street, 14
feet out on west side, to replace 4-inch gate removed.
Sacramento street, 12-inch gate, set on south line of Somerville
avenue, 13 feet out on west side, to replace 6-inch gate removed.
School street, 10-inch gate, set on north line of Highland avenue,
16|- feet out on west side, to replace 4-inch gate removed.
O/b ANNUAL REPORTS.
Somerville avenue, 12-inch gate, set on east line of Sacramento
street, 21 feet out on north side, to replace 6-inch gate removed from
west line of Sacramento street.
Spring street, 8-inch gate, set on north line of Somerville avenue,
13 feet out on west side, to replace 4-inch gate removed.
Summer street, 10-inch gate, set 2 feet east from east line of
Spring street, 16f feet out on north side, to replace 6-inch gate re-
moved.
Summer street, 10-inch gate, set on east Hne of Central street, 12i
feet out on north side, to replace 6-inch gate removed.
Summer street, 6-inch gate, removed from old main on west line
of Central street.
Summer street, 10-inch gate, set 3|- feet west from west line of
Belmont street, 16|- feet out on north side,* to replace 6-inch gate re-
moved.
Summer street, 10-inch gate, set on west line of Porter street, 16
feet out on north side, to replace 6-inch gate removed.
Summer street, 10-inch gate, set on west line of Cedar street, 16
feet out on north side, to replace 6-inch gate removed.
Summer street, 10-inch gate, set on east line of Cedar street, 16
feet out on north side, to replace 6-inch gate removed.
Wallace street, 8-inch gate, set on north line of Holland street,
14J feet out on west side, to replace 6-inch gate removed.
Wallace street, 8-inch gate, set opposite house No. 52, 13 feet out
on west side, to replace 6-inch gate removed.
Winter street, 6-inch gate, set on west line of Elm street, 11 feet
out on south side, to replace 4-inch gate removed.
Winter street, 6-inch gate, set on east line of Holland street, 11
feet out on south side, to replace 4-inch gate removed.
RECAPITULATION.
GATES.
SIZE.
4-Inch.
6-Inch.
8-Inch.
10-Inch.
12-Inch.
Total.
Set
8
28
34
22
26
6
10
12
1
9
57
Net increase in number of gates in 1894, 33.
Total number of gates in the city Dec. 31, 1894, 787.
REPORT OF THE WATER BOARD.
377
SERVICES.
Service pipes, by the rule adopted early in the year, are now laid
by the city only from the street main to the property line, thus largely
reducing, from former years, the number of feet run by the city.
The following table shows the size, number and length of these
laid in 1894:
1
Size. ) Number.
Length.
3"
2"
1"
1
2
8
355
21 feet.
49 "
121 "
7,537 '♦
Total
861
7,728 feet.
Total number of service pipes now in the city, eight thousand,
one hundred and fifty-seven.
Total length of pipe used, fifty-three miles, three thousand, nine
hundred and eleven feet.
Repairs were made on one hundred and seventy-nine services ; fish
cleared from thirty-four ; sediment removed from thirty-one ; two
hundred and forty-three service boxes were found in decayed con-
dition and were replaced by new iron boxes ; two hundred and fifty
boxes were brought up to grade. Eleven services were replaced by
new ones, the expense, $186.53, being borne by the owners : ten were
replaced by new ones at the expense of the city. Water was turned
off and on for repairs one hundred and nineteen times, and a charge
of 81,00 for each time was made for this work.
BURSTS ON CEMENT MAINS.
The usual results have occurred from the rapidly deteriorating
cement pipes still in the city streets, and we have to record the fol-
lowing bursts for 1894 :
SIZE OF PIPE.
1-In-ch.
4-Inch.
6-Inch.
S-Inch.
10-Inch.
I-2-Inch.
16-I^XH
Total.
Number of bursts. . . .
Number of leaks
1
15
14
4
5
1
1
1
1
37
6
378 ANNUAL REPORTS.
STANDPIPES.
Three new standpipes were set in 1894, in the following locations :
Elm street, near Burnside avenue ; Elm street, opposite Kenwood
street, and Holland street, near Elmwood street. One was removed
from Elm street, near Broadway, making a net increase in the city of
two, and a total number of thirty-eight. All are in good condition,
having received the usual renewals of boxes, valves, hose, and general
repairs.
LOCATIONS OF STANDPIPES.
Beacon street, opposite Cooney street.
Beacon street, near Sacramento street.
Broadway, near corner of Franklin street.
Broadway, opposite Broadway park.
Broadway, corner of Clarendon avenue.
Concord avenue, corner of Marion street.
Elm street, near Burnside avenue.
Elm street, near Morrison street.
Elm street, opposite Kenwood street.
Highland avenue, corner of Medford street.
Highland avenue, corner of Central street.
Highland avenue, near Willow avenue.
Holland street, near Elmwood street.
Linwood street, near Poplar street.
Main street, near Broadway.
Medford street, corner of Lee street.
Medford street, near Magoun square.
Mystic avenue, corner of Union street.
Pe.arl street, corner of Walnut street.
Pearl street, near Delaware street.
Pinckney street, corner of Pearl street.
Putnam street, corner of Summer street.
School street, near Broadway.
Somerville avenue, near East Cambridge line.
Somerville avenue, near Poplar street.
Somerville avenue, corner of Mystic street.
Somerville avenue, near School street.
Somerville avenue, corner of Beacon street.
Spring street, near Somerville avenue.
Summer street, opposite Laurel street.
Summer street, corner of Cedar street.
Summer street, corner of Elm street.
Tufts street, corner of Cross street.
Vinal avenue, near Highland avenue.
REPORT OF THE WATER BOARD.
379
Washington street, corner of Myrtle street.
Washington street, corner of Boston street.
Washington street, near Union square.
Washington street, opposite Leland street.
DRINKING FOUNTAINS.
One new drinking fountain was set in 1894, the location being in
Russell square. The total number now in the city is nine, located as
below. All were cleaned regularly during the summer months, and
are in good repair.
LOCATION OF DRINKING FOUNTAINS.
Broadway, opposite Broadway park.
Highland avenue, corner of Walnut street.
Oilman square, in centre.
Somerville avenue, junction with Washington street.
Union square, in front of Hill building.
Broadway, north side of Magoun square.
Davis square, in centre.
Davis square, in front of Medina building.
Russell square, junction of Broadway and Holland street.
STOCK ON HAND JANUARY 1, 1895.
Cast-Iron Pipe
Special Castings
Gates .
Hydrants .
Service Material
Sundry Material
value 83,383.76
1,676.10
364.00
300.00
330.21
115.95
value 81,200.00
1,176.05
1,500.00
539.00
200.00
TOOLS AND FURNITURE.
Special Patterns .
Tools and Machinery .
Stable Department
Office Furniture .
Pumping Station Furniture
In closing, the Superintendent takes this opportunity to thank the
members of the Water Board for their support and co-operation in the
work of the department.
Respectfully submitted,
NATHANIEL DENNETT,
Super in ten den t.
REPORT OF THE ENGINEER OF THE PUMPING
STATION.
High Service Puimping Station,
SoMERViLLE, Dec. 31, 1894.
To THE SOMERVILLE MySTIC WaTER BoARD :
Gentlemen^ — The fifth annual report of the work performed by the
High Service pump is as follows : —
Number of days on which the pump was run
Number of runs made ....
Total pumping time, in hours
Average pumping lime per day, in hours
Average number of revolutions per minute
Number of tons of coal consumed .
Total gallons of water pumped
Average steam pressure
Average back water pressure .
365
732
2,129
27 8
^ ' 100
282
170,496,000
40 lbs.
36 lbs.
There have been no breaks or accidents during the year, and the
boilers and machinery are in good condition.
Respectfully submitted.
SIDNEY E. HAYDEN, Engineer.
REPORT
OF THE
BOARD OF HEALTH.
CITY OF SOMERVILLE.
In Board of Aldermen, February 13, 1895.
Referred to Committee on Printing, to be printed in the Annual Reports.
Sent down for concurrence.
GEORGE I. VINCENT, Clerk.
In Common Council, February 13, 1894.
Referred to Committee on Printing, to be printed in the Annual Reports,
in concurrence.
CHAS. S. ROBERTSON, Clerk.
CITY OF SOMERVILLE.
Office of the Board of Health, )
City Hall, January 1, 1805. /
To His Honor, the Mayor, and the Cut Council : —
Gentle??ien, — We respectfully submit the following as the seven-
teenth annual report of the Board of Health, in which is presented
a statement, tabulated and otherwise, of the sanitary condition of
the city and the business of the Board for the year ending Decem-
ber 31, 1894.
ORGANIZATION.
Chairman, Dr. Thomas M. Durell.
Clerk, William P. Mitchell.
Agent, Caleb A. Page.
NUISANCES.
A record of nuisances abated during the year, in compliance
with notices issued by the Board, or under the Board's direction, is
presented in the following table, under the head of months when
the complaints were made : —
384
ANNUAL REPORTS.
NUISANCES ABATED IN THE YEAR 1894.
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Cesspool offensive .
Cesspool overflowing
Connections of drainage
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Cow barn offensive
Decomposed meat offens
Drainage defective
Drainage emptying into
Drainage emptying on si
Drainage not ventilated
Drain-pipe defective
Hennery offensive .
Hens kept in cellar
Horse shed offensive
Manure exposed and offe
Manure-pit defective
Manure-pit too close to '
Offal on land .
Offensive odor in and ab
ings . . _. _
Opening in drain-pipe in
Pigs kept without license
Premises filthy
Premises untidy
Privy-vault defective
Privy-vault full
Privy-vault offensive
Rubbish in cellar .
Rubbish under stable
Sewage flowing under flc
Sewer-gas in house
Slops thrown on surface
Stable infected with glan
Stable infected with tube
Stable and stable prem
and offensive
Stable without drainage
Stagnant water on surfa
Waste-pipe defective
Waste-pipe not trapped
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plied with water .
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74
60
121
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778
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH. 385
Number of nuisances abated .....
Number of nuisancer referred to Board of 1895
Number of nuisances complained of . . .
Number of complaints (many covering more than one
nuisance) .......
Number of notices mailed .....
Number of notices served by constables .
778
221
999
462
451
1
In addition to the above, many nuisances have been abated on
verbal notice from the Agent, without action by the Board, and of
which no record has been made.
Glanders. — Eighteen cases of glanders and one case of tubercu-
losis have occurred during the year. Prompt action was taken in
every case, and the horses have been killed. We renew our request
of previous years, that owners of horses notify the Board or its Agent,
at once, on the appearance of this disease. We renew our request
sent to the Committee on Highways last year, that the committee use
great care to have the watering troughs cleaned out occasionally, in
order to prevent the spread of this disease.
PERMITS.
The record of permits to keep cows, swine, and goats, to collect
grease, and to remove manure, is as follows : —
Cows. — One application was received for permit to keep three
cows. No fees are required for these permits.
Swine. — Twenty-six applications were received for permits to
keep one hundred and ninety-four swine. Twenty-four permits were
granted to keep one hundred and eighty-seven swine, and two per-
mits were refused. The fee is one dollar for each swine.
Goats. — Five applications were received for permits to keep
five goats, all of which were granted. Fee for each goat, one
dollar.
(24)
386 ANNUAL REPORTS.
Grease. — Four applications were received for permits to collect
grease, all of which were granted. The fee is two dollars. Two of
the parties licensed reside in Somerville, one in Charlestown, and one
in Chelsea.
Manure. — Two permits were issued during the year for the
carting of manure through the streets of the city in the day time, be-
tween May 1 and November 1, and ten were issued for the removal
of manure from the stables in the city m the day time, within the
same period. No fee is charged for these permits.
PEDLERS.
One hundred and sixty certificates of registration were issued to
hawkers and pedlers during the year, — an increase of forty-six over
the year 1893. These certificates are issued under Ordinance num-
ber thirty of the Revised Ordinances of 1891, and are good for an
indefinite period. All pedlers are" required to present their vehicles
for inspection by the agent of the Board at the Police Station, the
first Monday of each month, so that he may see that they are kept in
a clean condition and are properly marked with the owner's name
and number.
ASHES.
The ashes and house-dirt were removed during the year by
William J. McCarty, for the sum of fifty-seven hundred dollars.
The collections are made weekly, as follows :
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
in district one.
'' two.
'' three.
" four.
'' five.
" six.
Materials for removal must be free from filth and offal, must be
placed in barrels or boxes, and must be set on the outer edge of the
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH. 387
sidewalk before eight o'clock in the morning of the day when the
collection is to be made.
The districts were estabHshed by the Board of Health of 1890
and are bounded as follows : —
District 1. — Beginning at the Boston line and bounded by the
northeasterly line of Pearl street, the southerly line of Walnut street,
the northeasterly line of Highland avenue, the easterly line of
Medford street, the northerly line of Washington street, the north-
westerly line of Prospect street, the northerly line of Concord
avenue, extended across Beacon street to the Cambridge line, and
by the Cambridge and Boston lines.
District 2. — Beginning at the Boston line and bounded by
the northeasterly line of Pearl street, the southeasterly line of
Walnut street, the northeasterly line of Broadway, the northeasterly
line of Main street, and by the Medford and Boston lines.
District 3. — Beginning at the Medford line and bounded by
the southeasterly line of Cedar street, the northeasterly line of High-
land avenue, the southeasterly line of Walnut street, the north-
easterly line of Broadway, the northeasterly line of Mam street and
by the Medford line.
District 4. — Beginning at the intersection of Medford and
Washington streets, and bounded by the northerly line of Washing-
ton street, the northwesterly line of Prospect street, the northeasterly
line of Somerville avenue, the southeasterly line of School street, the
northeasterly line of Summer street, the southeasterly line of Cedar
street, the northeasterly line of Highland avenue, and the easterly
line of Medford street to Washington street.
District 5. — Beginning at the intersection of Prospect street
and Somerville avenue, and bounded by the northwesterly line of
Prospect street, the northerly line of Concord avenue prolonged to
the Cambridge line, the Cambridge line (extending westwardly),
the southeasterly lines of Oxford, Mossland, and Cedar streets, the
northeasterly line of Summer street, the southeasterly line of School
street, and the northeasterly line of Somerville avenue to Prospect
street.
o88 ANNUAL REPORTS.
District 6. — All of that portion of the city lying west of the
easterly lines of Cedar, Mossland, and Oxford streets.
It will be seen by these descriptions that the side lines of streets
are used as boundaries, and not the middle lines; so that ashes are
removed from the sidewalks on both sides of a street on the same day.
The city will abandon the contract system, January 1, 1895,
and hereafter the ashes will be collected with the city's teams by men
employed by the day or week, under a competent superintendent.
HOUSE OFFAL.
The two years contract for the collection of house offal expired
June 26th, last, but the same contractor, Mr. Martin Gill, has per-
formed the work up to the present time. The expense for the year
was sixty-eight hundred and fifty-five dollars. The collection has
been very unsatisfactory, and the city will begin on January 1, 1895,
to collect the offal with its own men and teams, in the same manner
as is stated above in relation to the collection of ashes. Seven
wagons and three sleds were in service December 31, 1894.
NIGHT SOIL.
The removal of night soil has been made by R. M. Johnson of
Arlington, during the past year, and has been carried on by the
"Odorless" process.
The contract price which the owner or occupant is charged is
four dollars for every load, or part of a load, of eighty cubic feet.
About three hundred loads have been removed during the year. An
order-box for the removal is kept at the Police Station on Bow street.
There has been quite a falling off in the number of loads collected
during the year, as the old-fashioned vaults are fast giving way to
water closets.
DEATHS.
There were eight hundred and seventy-three deaths and forty
five still-births in the city during the year, as specified in the follow-
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH.
381)
ing table, which shows an increase of deaths over the previous year of
seventy-one.
Deaths of children under one year of age
" " " over one year and under five years
'■ at McLean Asyhim during the year .
'• " Somerville Hospital during the year
" Home for Aged Poor
186
127
18
25
36
390 ANNUAL REPORTS.
MORTALITY IN SOMERVILLE IN 1894.
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Diphtheria
Typhoid fever
Erysipelas
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Diarrhoea
Cholera morbus
Cholera infantum
Septicaemia
Whooping cough
Dysentery
Rheumatism .
Croup
Influenza
La grippe
Meningitis
CONSTITUTION
DiATHI
Cancer .
Tumor
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Tuberculosis .
Tubercular mening
Phthisis .
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Apoplexy
Paralysis
Insanity .
Brain diseases
Convulsions .
Spinal disease
Hemiplegia
Epilepsy .
Organs of C
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Aneurism
Angina pectoris
Cyanosis
Respirator
Pneumonia
Bronchitis
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Pleurisy .
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Hernia .
Jaundice
Appendicitis .
Cirrhosis
Genito-Urina
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Diabetes
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Nephritis
Childbirth
Eclampsia
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DEVELOPMENT
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debility
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VIOLENT
Railroad .
Suicide .
Arsenical poisoning
Asphyxia
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Alcoholism
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Concussion ol brain
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5
873
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Population (estimated)
Death rate per thousand
52,600
16.6
392 ANNUAL REPORTS.
DISEASES DANGEROUS TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH.
This Board has adjudged small pox, scarlet fever, diphtheria,
typhus fever, and typhoid fever to be contagious and dangerous to
the public health, within the meaning of the statutes. Physi-
cians are required to report immediately to the Board, every case of
either of these diseases coming under their care, and postal cards
conveniently printed and addressed, are supplied to them for the
purpose.
Scarlet Fever. — Four hundred and fifty-two cases of scarlet
fever have been reported during the year, fifty-one of which resulted
fatally. In 1893 there were three hundred and fourteen cases, nine
teen of which resulted fatally.
Diphtheria. — One hundred and ten cases of diphtheria have been
reported during the year, twenty-eight of which were fatal. In 1893
there were fifty-six cases, eleven of which proved fatal. Warning
cards are used in dealing with these two diseases, and the premises
are fumigated immediately after the termination of a case. An in-
spection is made by the agent of the Board, of the premises where
diphtheria is reported, and all sanitary defects discovered are
required to be remedied as soon as possible.
Typhus Fever. — This disease has not appeared in our city
during the past year.
Typhoid Fever. — Fifty-eight cases of typhoid fever have been
reported during the year, thirteen of which have proved fatal. In
1893 there were fifty-nine cases reported, thirteen of which were f^tal.
Small Pox. — The city has been free from this disease during
the year, but bills were paid to the amount of eleven hundred and
eighty and -^^ dollars, for the case mentioned in our report of 1893.
The patient finally recovered and left the city. In January, four
physicians were employed by this Board, one from each ward, to
vaccinate all persons who applied for vaccination. Six hundred and
twenty dollars was paid the physicians, and the Board is of the
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH.
393
opinion that it may have been the means of stopping the spread of
this dreaded disease.
Tables. — The prevalence of scarlet fever, diphtheria, and typhoid
fever in the city during the several months of the year 1894 is shown
by the following table, and in the table next following is given the
number of deaths from these three diseases, by months, during the
last ten years : —
SCARLET FEVER, DIPHTHERIA, AND TYPHOID FEVER
REPORTED IN 1894.
Scarlet Fever.
Diphtheria.
Typhoid Fever.
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52
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63
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4
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452
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110
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58
13
22.4
394
ANNUAL REPORTS.
DEATHS FROM SCARLET FEVER, DIPHTHERIA, AND TYPHOID
FEVER IN THE LAST TEN YEARS.
Scarlet Fever.
Diphtheria.
Typhoid Fever.
Months.
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35
00
2
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00
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3
2
3
2
2
13
00
January
February
March ,
April .
May .
June .
July .
August
September
October
November
December
2
1
1
5
i
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2
1
14
i
2
3
1
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6
11
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31
5
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4
1
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2
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2
1
1
1
2
2
2
Total
13
DISTRICTS.
The accompanying map shows the boundaries of the ten health
districts into which the city was divided by the Board of Health of
1878 ; also the locations of common sewers.
A record has been kept from year to year of the number of
deaths, the death rate per thousand, the prevalence of dangerous
diseases and the number of nuisances abated in these several
districts, and is continued in the following tables.
The estimated population in the several districts was originally
based on the number of assessed polls in each, and upon the
population of the entire city ; the ratio of polls to population being
presumed to be the same in all the districts. Substantially the same
method of estimating the population has been continued, the census
of every fifth year being taken as a basis for calculation.
We have obtained the number of dwellings and of assessed polls,
May 1, 1894, from the assessors' books, by actual count, instead of
assuming as has been done in former years, that their increase was
uniform throughout the city.
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MAP OF
■ ^OMERVILLE •
SEWERS SHOWN -THUS —
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February
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August
Septembe
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
TABLE SHOWING THE FIVE PRINCIPAL CAUSES OF DEATH IN
. SOMERVILLE IN 1894, WITH THE NUMBER AND RATE
IN EACH DISTRICT.
Consump-
Pneui
Heart
Scarlet
tion.
HONIA.
Disease.
Fever.
Old
Age.
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19
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9
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8
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7
1.30
5
0.92
3
0.55
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11
2.44
9
1.99
3
0.66
9
1.99
2
0.44
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11
2.05
10
1.86
6
1.12
12
2.24
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0.93
V
17
1.63
14
1.34
19
1,82
4
0.38
18
172
VI
7
1.32
5
0.94
2
0.37
4
0.75
o
0.94
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8
1.25
7
1.09
5
0.78
1
0.15
4
0.62
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<>
82
2
0.82
4
1.65
1
0.41
2
0.82
IX
3
0.82
4
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1
0.27
1
0.27
2
0.55
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4
1.73
6
2.59
2
0.55
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0.43
Total
89
1.69
79
1.50
56
1.06
51
0.96
51
0.96
TABLE OF SCARLET FEVER, DIPHTHERIA, AND TYPHOID FEVER
IN EACH DISTRICT IN 1894.
Scarlet Fever.
Diphtheria.
Typhoid Fev
SR.
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24
4.45
7
1
130
0.18
4
1
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0.18
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54
9
11.98
1.99
20
6
4.44
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77
12
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8
3.73
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60
4
5.75
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26
7
2.49
0.67
14
4
1.34
0.38
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52
4
9 85
0.75
5
0.94
1
0.94
0.18
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30
1
4.69
0.15
4
2
0.62
0.31
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20
1
8.29
0.41
11
2
4.56
0.82
2
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0.82
0.41
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23
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6.49
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2.59
4
1.73
Total ....
452
51
8.59
0.96
110
28
2.09
53
58
13
1.10
0.24
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH.
397
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398
ANNUAL REPORTS.
NUISANCES ABATED IN EACH DISTRICT IN 1894.
Population (estimated) .
Cellar damp
Cesspool offensive ....
Cesspool overflowing . . .
Connections of drainage pipes
defective
Cow-barn offensive
Decomposed meat offensive
Drainage defective ....
Drainage emptying into cellar
Drainage emptying on surface
Drainage not ventilated . .
Drain-pipe defective . . .
Hennery offensive ....
Hens kept in cellar . . .
Horse-shed offensive . . .
Manure exposed and offensive
Manure-pit defective . . .
Manure-pit too close to house
Offal on land
Offensive odor in and about
dwellings
Opening in drain-pipe in cellar
Pigs kept without license
Premises filthy
Premises untidy ....
Privy-vault defective . . .
Privy-vault full
Privy-vault offensive . .
Rubbish in cellar ....
Rubbish under stable . . .
Sewage flowing under floor .
Sewer Gas in house . . .
Slops thrown on surface . .
Stable infected with glanders
Stable infected with tuber-
culosis
Stable and stable premises
filthy and offensive . .
Stable without drainage .
Stagnant water on surface
Waste-pipe defective . .
Waste-pipe not trapped .
Water-closet defective
Water-closet insufficiently
supplied with water
Water-closet offensive
Water in cellar . . .
Water under stable . .
Total
I.
6,936
12
3
.5
2
2
io
4
8
9
3
4
13
3
25
96
5
1
6
6
299
II
5,382
III.
4,504
3
1
3
10
4
10
5
83
IV.
5,35:
11
4
I
13
110
V,
10,418
8
IS
1
1
g
VI.
5,278
4
12
47
VII
6,389
2
1
10
40
IX.
>
2,410 3,61";
31
X.
2,309
32
Total.
52,600
19
10
12
21
2
1
31
15
25
2
17
10
5
1
25
10
8
8
16
19
6
10
34
27
64
173
9
3
12
15
3
18
12
17
15
17
17
25
6
17
17
3
32
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH.
399
APPROPRIATION FOR HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND
EXPENDITURES THEREFROM, 1894.
Credit.
Appropriation .....
$12,000 00
Receipts :
For Permits to keep swine and goats
and to collect grease .
200 00
rent of land on Melrose street
200 00
rebate, contagious disease
62 69
Sundry bills not called for
12 50
Total credit
S12,475 19
Debit.
Expenditures :
For Agent's salary ....
81,200 00
Collecting ashes
5,700 00
Collecting offal ....
6,855 -00
Burying dead animals
135 50
Vaccine virus ....
273 26
Oil of peppermint
13 68
Wagons and sleds
134 95
Care of small-pox case
(Henry Liscomb)
1,180 12
House for contagious diseases
1,071 24
Books, stationery, printing, etc. .
123 88
Incidentals ....
1,230 10
Total debit
817,917 73
Amount overdrawn .
S5,442 54
THOMAS M. DURELL, Chairman.
ALVANO T. NICKERSON.
ALVAH B. DEARBORN.
Board of Health.
REPORT
OF THE
OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
(25)
CITY OF SOMERVILLE.
In Board of Aldermkn, February 13, 1805.
Referred to Committee on Printing, to be printed in the Annual Reports.
Sent down for concurrence.
GEORGE I. VINXENT, Clerk.
In Common Council, February 13, 1895.
Referred to Committee on Printing, to be printed in the Annual Reports,
in concurrence.
CHARLES S. ROBERTSON, Clerk.
BOARD OF OVERSEERS OF THE POOR, 1894.
Hon. William H. Hodgkins, Chairman, ex officio.
Nathan H. Reed, President, term expired May, '94 Ward One.
Herbert E. Merrill, term began May, '94 . Ward One.
Edward B. West, President ..... Ward Two.
James G. Hinckley ...... Ward Three.
Albert W. Edmands ...... Ward Four.
COMMITTEES.
On Investigation and Relief. — Mr. Reed, Mr. West, and Mr. Merrill.
On Finance. — Mr. Hinckley and Mr. Edmands.
Charles C. Folsom, General Agent.
Cora F. Lewis, Secretary.,
Alvah B. Dearborn, M. D., City Physician.
Office : Police Building, Bow St.
CITY OF SOMERVILLE.
To JHE Honorable, the Mayor and the City Council of the
City of Somerville : —
Gentlej?ie/i, — I'he ninth annual report of the OYerseers of the
Poor, since its reorganization, is herewith submitted. The tables
will give a slight glance at the details of the work.
MEMBERSHIP.
Nathan H. Reed, who had served on the Board since 1890, de-
clined a re-election, having been elected Principal Assessor from
Ward One. He was President of the Board during the year 1893,
and performed the duties of his office in a very impartial and satis-
factory manner, giving much of his time to uplift and benefit the
unfortunate.
Ex-Councilman Herbert E. Merrill was elected in his place.
James G. Hinckley was elected to the City Council in December,
1894, and soon after resigned as Overseer of the Poor. Ex-Alder-
man Ezra D. Souther was elected in his place. Mr. Hinckley took
much interest in the work of the department and was always ready
and willing to do everything possible for the relief of the destitute.
Mr. Edward B. West of Ward Two was chosen President of the
Board at the annual meeting in May^ and still holds that position.
Mr. Charles C. Folsom, who has been General Agent for nearly
ten years, is still the Almoner of the department.
Miss Cora F. Lewis has now closed her second year as Secretary
of the Board.
Nearly every meeting during the year has been attended by al
of the members, and all of their deliberations have been characterized
by harmonious thought and action.
406 ' ANNUAL REPORTS.
WORK OF THE DEPARTMENT.
During January, February and March, 1894, many persons being
idle, owing to the business depression, were compelled to ask for as-
sistance. Some work was furnished by the City, which was appre-
ciated by the most of those to whom it was offered. In the last
months of the year 1894, the poor people were employed more than
they were in the corresponding months of 1893, and consequently
did not require so much aid from the City. We aided during the
year 1,193 persons, an increase over 1893 of 299, divided into 269
families, an increase of thirty-one. Sixty-three of the above persons
were insane in hospitals and in private families, and thirty-six were
sane persons we were fully supporting in out-of-town almshouses and
private families.
The Associated Charities have assisted us somewhat in our work,
by aiding many families who would undoubtedly have applied to us.
We have worked together very pleasantly, although not always think-
ing alike in reference to all cases.
We are not called upon to assist in the expense of as many burials
as was the case some years ago, owing to the fact that it has become
the custom among the poorer classes to have the lives of all the mem-
bers of the family insured for a sum sufficient to pay the funeral bills.
This may save us something in the line of funerals, but many per-
sons use what little money they have to pay the assessments on insur-
ance, and for expensive furniture bought upon the instalment plan,
and then come to the City for something to eat.
In the early part of the year, at the request of the Board, a hear-
ing was granted by the Finance Committee of the City Council in
reference to securing better accommodation for our full support pau-
pers.
All of the members availed themselves of the opportunity of being
present. Facts were submitted showing that the time had come to
secure land in a suitable location, and in our opinion, to make ar-
rangements for the erection of an almshouse. No action was taken,
however, except to refer the matter to a sub-committee, who did not
find time to look the matter up and report, so far as we have been
able to find out. This leaves us at the close of the year just where
we were at the beginning.
REPORT OF THE OVERSEERS OF THE POOR. 407
At the close of the year 1894, we were paying rent for fifteen
families, averaging $5.93 each.
We have assisted in the burial of thirteen persons, at an average
cost of S11.38.
We have given five permits for persons to enter the State Almshouse
at Tewksbury. The Agent has visited persons in whom we were in-
terested, in Maine, New Hampshire, and in most all parts of this State,
in the interest of the City of Somerville.
We can truly say that the year 1894 has been the busiest in the
history of the department.
As has been said so many times, if we could have an almshouse
of our own it would simplify matters very much.
The Appropriation for 1894 was $15,000. Total Expenditures,
$19,733.13. Net Expenditures, $16,364.49. Collected from State,
Si, 032. 09, from Cities and Towns, 81,901.44, from Individuals,
$418.11.
We sent bills to the City Treasurer for collection, amounting to
$4,337.99, against $2,751.26 in 1893.
The W^orking Committees of the Board in 1894 : — On Finance,
Messrs Hinckley and Edmands.
On Investigation and Relief, Messrs. Reed, West, and Merrill.
For details see accompanying tables.
Respectfully submitted,
WILLIAM H. HODGKINS, Chairman, ex officio.
NATHAN H. REED, President, Ward One.
(Signed) HERBERT E. MERRILL, Ward One.
EDWARD B. WEST, President, Ward Two.
JAMES G. HINCKLEY, Ward Three.
ALBERT W. EDMANDS, Ward Four.
Board of Overseers of the Poor.
408
ANNUAL REPORTS.
TABLE No. I.
PARTIAL SUPPORT.
(^Out-door Relief.)
Families aided . .
Persons aided ....
Burials .....
Permits to the Tewksburv Almshouse
269
1,193
13
5
TABLE No. 2.
FULL SUPPORT.
{During the year.)
In Almshouses ......
In private families .....
In hospitals . . . .
In Massachusetts School for the Feeble-minded
In House of the Angel Guardian
Insane persons in private families
Insane persons in hospitals
16
12
21
3
1
5
63
TABLE No. 3.
FULL SUPPORT.
( At present time, December 31, 1894.)
In out-of-town almshouses .
In private families ......
Insane in hospitals (we are reimbursed for 5)
Insane in private families .....
10
14
51
5
REPORT OF THE OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
409
TABLE No. 4.
RECAPITULATIOiN .
Appropriation
Reimbursements
» Total receipts
Total expenditures
Account overdrawn
b Net expenditures
$15,000.00
3,368.64
$18,368.64
19,733.13
$ 1,364.49
3 6,364.49
TABLE No. 5.
REIMBURSEMENTS.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
. 81,032.09
City of Boston
466.22
" Cambridge ....
265.49
" Lowell
6.00
" Maiden
13.60
'' Medford
61.05
" Newton .....
469.89
" Somerville (another department)
41.00
'' Waltham ....
35.00
" Woburn . .
21.35
Town of Brookline ....
2.U0
'' Canton ....
15.41
*^ Lexington ....
146.00
'^ No. Adams ....
5.00
" No. Andover ....
162.09
" Northampton ....
24.65
'^ Revere ....
114.55
" Stoneham ....
52.14
Guardians and Relatives
418.11
Money not called for ....
17.00
$3,368.64
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REPORT
OF THE
CITY PHYSICIAN.
CITY OF SOMERVILLE.
In Board of Aldermen, January i6, 1895.
Referred to Committee on Printing, to be printed in the Annual Reports.
Sent down for concurrence.
GEORGE I. VINCENT, Clerk.
In Common Council, January 16, 1895.
Reference concurred in.
CHARLES S. ROBERTSON, Clerk.
CITY OF SOMERVILLE.
I
Office of the Cut Physician, )
January 1, 1895. )
To His Honor, the Mayor, and the City Cou>xtl : —
Gentlemen^ — I present the following as a summary of the work
done by me as City Physician for the year ending December 31,
1894: —
Fifteen hundred and twenty-six visits have been made.
Number of persons treated at my ofhce, three hundred eighty-
seven.
One hundred and forty persons have had teeth extracted.
Seventy-four children have been vaccinated.
Number of visits at the police station, thirty-two.
Twenty-five women were attended in childbirth.
Eighteen persons were examined for the police force, and twenty-
one for permanent men in the fire department.
Five visits were made and certificates given where persons had
died unattended by a" physician.
Respectfully submitted,
ALVAH B. DEARBORN,
City Physician.
REPORT
OF THE
COMMITTEE ON HIGHWAYS.
CITY OF SOMERVILLE.
In Board of Aldermen, January 30, 1895.
Referred to Committee on Printing, to be printed in the Annual Reports. Sent
down for concurrence.
GEORGE I. VINCENT, Clerk.
In Common Council, January 30, 1895.
Referred to Committee on Printing, to be printed in the Annual Reports, in
concurrence.
CPIARLES S. ROBERTSON, Clerk.
CITY OF SOMERVILLE.
Ix CoMMiiTEES ON HIGHWAYS, January 1, 1895.
To THE City Council : —
Gentlemen, — The Committee on Highways presents the follow-
ing report for the year ending December 31, 1894 : —
HIGHWAYS ACCOUNT.
Credit.
Appropriation . 860,000.00
Receipts and credits :
For labor and materials furnished
prior to January 1, 1894, the
bills for which remained uncol-
lected that day . . ' . 1,408.21
Rent of dwelling at City Farm . SI 36.00
Less water rates . . . 18.13
117.87
Health Department account, building at Gravel
Bank 125.00
Money approved in pay-roll not called for . 12.75
Value of tools and personal property on hand January
1,1894 * 11,839.70
Value of materials on hand January 1, 1894 . . 480.00
Total credit . . . . . S73,983.53
(26)
418 annual reports.
Debit.
Expenditures :
For laying out Bartlett, Bigelow,
Claremon, Cypress, Hancock,
Knapp, Leon, Lowell, Munroe,
Robinson, Trull, Wheeler, War-
wick, Waldo streets, Cutter ave-
nue. Fanning avenue and West-
wood road (advertising notice
of hearmgs) .... $173.00
Construction of Streets :
Billingham street, from William
street to Broadway . . $260.40
Claremon street, from Holland
street to Mead street . . 399.40
Essex street, from Medford street
to Richdale avenue . . 52.85
Greenville street, from Medford
street to Munroe street . . 427.35
Gorham street, from Holland street
to Howard street . . . 197.80
Hall avenue, from Elm street
southeasterly 400 feet . . 510.70
Heath street, from Bond street to
Temple street . . . 168.60
Hudson street, from Cedar street
to Lowell street . . . 504.65
Jenny Lind avenue, from Broad-
way to Medford street . . 503.30
Munroe street, from Walnut street
easterly 350 feet . . . 241.70
New Cross street, from Broadway
to Mystic avenue . . . 811.20
Porter street, from Highland ave-
nue to Summer street . . 378.70
Amoitnts carried forward . . $4,456.65 S173.00
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE OX HIGHWAYS. 419
Amounts brought forward . . $4,456.65 $173.00
York Terrace, from Central street
to Harvard place . . . 275.00
$4,731.65
Street crossings . . . .... 1,021.65
Street signs erected . . .... 185.85
Repairs and improvement of streets
and paving of gutters in con-
nection with setting of edge-
stones :
Billingham street, northwesterly
side Broadway to William street,
paving . . . . • . $225.95
Beacon street, easterly side, Kent
to Miller street, paving . . 303.90
Broadway, southerly side. Rush to
Cross street, paving . . 57.70
Bond street, in front of the estate
of Geo. G. Fox, paving . . 24.20
Belmont street, in front of the
estate of Joseph K. James, pav-
ing 30.30
Central street, northwesterly side,
from Highland avenue to Rail-
road, paving .... 134.20
Repairs 448.60
Cherry street, easterly side. High-
land avenue to Summer street,
paving ..... 140.00
Dickinson street, easterly and
southerly sides, Cambridge line
to Springfield street, paving . 247.60
Essex street, both sides, Medford
street to Richdale avenue, pav-
ina: 176.00
Amounts carried forward . . $1,788.45 $6,112.15
420 ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amounts bivught forward . . ^1, 788.45 $6,112.15
Elm street, in front of Nathan
Tufts Park, paving . . . 474.20
Repairs . .- . . . 145.05
Elm street, southerly side, Rus-
sell street to Davis square, pav-
ing 52.80
Fenwick street, around Langmaid
terrace, paving . . . 19.05
Fenwick street, in front of estate
of Geo. G. Fox, paving . . 51.55
Highland avenue, in front of Club
House, paving . . . 36.20
Hawthorn street, westerly side,
Broadway to Arlington street,
paving ..... 80.10
Heath street, northerly side. Tem-
ple to Bond street, paving . 454.20
Heath street, in front of estate of
Geo. G. Fox, paving . . 239.40
Kingman court, westerly side,
Washington street to within 50
feet of end of court, paving . 35.85
Lake street, southerly side, Haw-
kins street to South Church
street, paving . . . 271.50
Medford street, in front of estate
of New England Dressed Meat
& Wool Co., paving . . 121.10
Medford street, southwesterly side,
Central to Bartlett street, pav-
ing 212.30
Munroe street, northwesterly side,
from Walnut street to land of
Jones, paving . . . 166.50
Amounts carried forward . . ^4,148.25 $6,112.15
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON HIGHWAYS.
Amoicnts brought forward . . §4,148.25
Munroe street, southwesterly side,
from Walnut street to southerly
line estate of Mary W. Went-
worth, paving . . . 104.95
Porter street, both sides, High-
land avenue to Summer street,
paving ..... 610.20
Richdale avenue, southwesterly
side. School to Sycamore street,
paving ..... 264.10
Vernon street, in front of estate
of B. Binney and others, paving 21.70
Webster avenue, easterly side,
Beach avenue to school lot, and
westerly side, Tremont street to
Cambridge line, paving . . 451.65
Repairs ..... 56.00
Webster avenue, westerly side
Tremont to Prospect street
paving ..... 271.55
Ordinary repairs of streets :
Broadway, at Willow bridge . S 198.00
Elm street, from Willow avenue to
Cedar street .... 1,740.60
Highland avenue, from Central
street westerly and easterly, 200
feet each wav ' . . . 279.80
Medford street, from Somerville
avenue to Fitchburg railroad . 1,649.45
School street, from Berkeley street
to Somerville avenue . . 765.80
Washington street, Fitchburg rail-
road to Beacon street . . 3,923.60
General repairs . . . 10,201.27
421
S6,112.15
85,928.40
818,758.52
Amount carried forward
830,799.07
422
ANNUAL RErORTS.
Amount brought for2va7'd .... $30,799.07
Cost to City of sidewalks, the bricks and edgestones
for which were furnished or paid for by the
abutters (see Table D at end of this report) . 2,110.38
Books, stationery and printing . . . 70.00
Glen Street sewer assessment .... 15.88
Sundry small expenses ..... 125.19
Repairs of house at Wellington bridge . . 36.52
Removing snow and ice and care of slippery side-
walks 3,814.38
Repairs of brick sidewalks .... 3,138.75
Cleaning streets ...... 6,525.95
Setting stone bounds ..... 39.00
Setting trees 229.40
Trimming trees . . . . . . 302.80
Building at crusher ...... 269.63
Laying out triangular lot, Broadway at junction of
Holland street 115.46
Repairs of Boston Avenue bridge . . . 190.37
Insurance and grading around new City stable 1,212.95
Opening of street, Westwood road at Central
street 20.61
Opening of street, Westwood road at Benton ave-
nue 23.55
Superintendent's salary ..... 1,600.00
Board of Superintendent's horses . . . 417.17
Superintendent's telephone . . . . 2.95
One half cost of maintenance of Middlesex Ave-
nue bridge, the other half being paid by the
City of Medford 425.99
Clearing Cross and Pearl streets, after relaying of
tracks by the West End Street Railway Co. . 1,643.35
Private work, the bills for which remain uncol-
lected 457.05
Value of materials on hand this day . . . 1,200.00
Amount carried forwa7'd
$54,786.40
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE OX HIGHWAYS.
A mount brought forward .
Value of tools and personal property
on hand this day :
Horses .....
Carts and implements used with
Horses ....
Harnesses and horse clothing
Stable utensils and property
Tools ....
Stone crusher and fittings .
Steam road roller
Net loss on tools, property and mate-
rials .....
Total debit .
Balance unexpended
$3,100.00
1,718.00
256.00
29.85
1,279.55
2,202.00
2,055.00
423
$54,786.40
$10,640.40
8,065.54
S73,492.34
S491.19
Labor and materials have also been furnished and property sold,
for which payment has been received by the City Treasurer or credit
received from other accounts, as follows :
Private parties, constructing driveways and side-
walks ........
Fire Department account, constructing driveways
(Central Fire Station and Hook and Ladder
House, Highland avenue) ....
Public Grounds account, sidewalk, Nathan Tufts
Park
Sidewalks account, materials and use of horses .
$2,582.94
1,284.06
1,079.94
1,897.74
Total
$6,844.68
424
ANNUAL REPORTS.
The Profit and Loss account on city teams, tools, property and
materials is as follows :
Debit.
Steam road roller (depreciation)
Repairs of steam road roller
Tools (depreciation)
Repairs of tools
Stone crusher and fittings .
Holland Street ledge
Edgestones and paving stock
Crushed stone (to which amount is
charged repairs at crusher)
City teams ....
Total .
$1,132.21
856.95
455.16
262.42
217.00
1,911.70
10.31
3,056.32
163.47
,065.54
No charge has been made for the use of the steam roller on the
streets, except for the time of the engineer, at the same rate as in
former years.
Crushed stone placed on the streets has been charged at the rate
of seventy-five cents for each single load at the crusher, being the
same rate as has been charged each year.
Gravel has been charged at the rate of twenty-five cents per single
horse load, and sand at the rate of fifty cents per single horse load.
Number of loads of gravel taken from North
Street bank . . . . . .
Number of loads of sand taken from North Street
bank ........
Number of loads of stone for crusher from Holland
Street ledge .......
Number of loads of stone crushed
5,135
1,409
5,618
9,475
The charges to the City Teams account are as follows :
Horses (depreciation) ..... $1,095.00
Carts and implements used with horses (deprecia-
tion) 992.00
Amount carried fo7"ward .
$2,087.00
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE OX HIGHWAYS.
Amou7it brought forward
Repairs of same .
Stable Utensils and property
Stable expenses and repairs .
Grain and feed .
Hay and straw
Horseshoeing
Horse medicine and doctoring
Harnesses and horse clothing (de
Repairs of same .
Total
preciation)
425
62,087.00
772.36
55.85
1,419.47
2,929.20
1,722.48
760.56
115.90
143.00
575.05
610,580.87
The above statement does not include the keeping or use of the
Superintendent of Streets' team, the cost of which is kept separately,
as stated in table of expenditures. Each horse is credited at the rate
of $1.40 for each day he works during the year.
Five new horses have been purchased during the year at a cost of
6935 ; one has been sold for 840, and two have died, making the total
number of horses in the department, including the two used by the
Superintendent of Streets, twenty-eight, being two more than in 1893.
SIDEWALKS ACCOUNT.
Credit.
Appropriation .....
.
610,000.00
Debit.
Expenditures :
For 33 sidewalks, as per table C
at the end of this report .
819,811.22
Abatement of sidewalk assess-
ment. Beacon street
31.67
Thomas Groom & Co., books
26.00
619,868.89
Less assessments and receipt
9,905.65
Cost to City ....
69,963.24
Balance unexpended .
636.76
426
ANNUAL REPORTS.
EDGESTONES AND PAVING STOCK.
Lineal feet of edgestones set (including 4,333 feet reset),
20,452.3 ; square yards of brick paving laid (including 4,070 yards
relaid), 16,511.4; square yards of stone paving laid (including 750
relaid), 7,567.
CITY STABLE. (New.)
Credit
•
Appropriation ....
.
$14,500.00
Debit.
Expenditures :
A. H. Gould, on account of archi-
tect's services . . . .
$ 560.35
Lord Bros., on account of contract .
9,000.00
Laying service pipe
15.00
Laying drain . . . .
711.53
Vane . . . . .
65.00
Total debit .
$10,351.88
Balance unexpended
$4,148.12
TABLES.
Tables are furnished herewith, giving lists of streets accepted,
streets improved, sidewalks constructed for which one half the cost
was assessed, sidewalks constructed, the bricks and edgestones for
which were furnished by the abutters, driveways constructed at the
abutters' expense, and crossings laid.
F. W. GILBERT, Chairman.
WILLIAM P. MITCHELL, Clerk,
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON HIGHWAYS.
427
TABLE A.
STREETS ACCEPTED.
Name.
Bartlett . .
Bigelow .
Claremon .
Curter avenue
Cypress
Delaware .
Fanning avenue
Hall avenue
Hancock
Knapp .
Leon
Lowell .
Munroe .
Porter
Robinson
Trull .
Waldo .
Warwick
Westwood road
From.
To.
Medford . .
Boston
Holland . .
Highland avenue
Central
Pearl . . .
Highland avenue
Elm . . .
Elm . . .
School
Concord avenue
Medford . .
Walnut . .
Highland avenue
Central
Medford . . .
Highland avenue
Cedar . , . .
Central
Vernon ....
Munroe ....
Mead ....
Summer ....
Beach ....
Aldrich ....
Lexington avenue .
Liberty avenue
Summer . . . .
Granite ....
Dickinson .
Vernon ....
To land of Hartwell
and Jones
Summer ....
Bartlett ....
Vernon ....
Hudson ....
Warwick avenue .
Benton avenue
Length in
Feet.
820
208
560
480
262
451
376
926
781
379
155
1,141
375
830
582
1,050
287
665
487
428
ANNUAL REPORTS.
TABLE B.
STREETS IMPROVED.
Street.
From.
To.
Improvement.
Feet.
BiUingham
William . . .
Broadway .
Macadamized .
568
Central .
Highland avenue
Railroad
Macadamized .
500
Claremon .
Holland .
Mead . . .
Macadamized .
560
Cross
Broadway
Gilman .
Regraded .
1,800
Cross
Broadway
Mystic avenue
Macadamized .
2,000
Elm . .
Junction of .
Broadway .
Macadamized .
400
Elm . .
Beach ....
Soraerville ave.
Macadamized .
2,000
Essex .
Richdale avenue
Medford . .
Macadamized .
232
Gorham
Holland . . .
Howard
Remacadamized
763
Greenville .
Medford . . .
High . . .
Macadamized .
660
Hall avenue
Elm ... .
Easterly . .
Macadamized .
500
Heath . .
Temple
Bond . . .
Macadamized .
1.043
Highland avenue
Central
Westerly
Macadamized .
300
Highland av. and )
Medford street /
In front of .
Cen. Fire Station
Remacadamized
500
Hudson
Lowell . .
Cedar
Graded . . .
1,380
Medford . .
Washington .
Somerville ave.
Macadamized .
1,000
Medford . .
School . .
Lee ....
Remacadamized
1,000
Munroe
Walnut . . .
Easterly
Macadamized .
375
Partridge avenue
Broadway
Medford . .
Macadamized .
300
Porter .
Highland avenue
Summer . .
Macadamized .
830
School .
Berkeley . . .
Somerville ave.
Macadamized .
1,200
Washington .
Union square
Beacon .
Macadamized .
2,000
Total length
improved
(in feet)
19,911
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE OX HIGHWAYS.
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TABLE D.
SIDEWALKS CONSTRUCTED WHERE THE EDGESTONES AND
BRICKS WERE FURNISHED OR PAID FOR BY THE
ABUTTERS.
For.
Street.
Co.
Fanny I. Bradshaw
Charles F. Brine .
John H. Brine . .
George W. Bean .
Luizde Soma Bettencurtt
Barnabas Binney .
Boston & Maine R. R
William A. Campbell
Mary Dorney . .
Olive H. Durell
William A. Flaherty
Nathan E. Fitz . .
George G. Fox .
George G. Fox . .
George G. Fox .
George G. Fox . .
Ann Fitzpatrick
Lavina P. Fuller
John L. Greenough
Anthony Haderbolets
J. F. Ham . . .
Florence E. Holmes
Emma O. Hill .
Joseph K. James
F. M. Kilmer .
Edward Keating
John Kelliher
E. W. Lundhall .
Mary Langmaid
Heirs S. P. Langmaid
David L. McGregor .
Christopher T. McGrath
Christopher T. McGrath
William Mullan . . .
Michael Martell . .
Alexander Munroe
Ellen A. Murphy . .
New England Dressed Meat
and Wool Co.
North Packing and Provision
Co
James O'Donnell
Mary O'Donnell
Antonia Preiva .
David Rosenfeld
Harriet E. Snow
Westwood road . . .
30 Columbus ave.
38 Columbus ave. . .
40 Columbus ave.
59 Webster ave. .
Vernon st
Davis sq
280 Cedar st
01 Webster ave. . . .
53 Chandler st. ...
201 Washington st. . .
335 Broadway ....
309 Broadway ....
Fenwick st
Bond st
Heath st
03 Webster ave. . . .
Walnut st
Vernon st
Walnut st
102 Flint st
Heath st
Prospect Hill ave. . .
Belmont st
54 Adams st
Kent st
288 Cedar st
5 Billingham st. . . .
345 Broadway ....
Fenwick st
139 Walnut st. ...
Kingman court . .
274 Washington st. . .
16 and 18 Kingman court
57 Webster ave. . .
Newton st
60 Webster ave. . . .
Feet of
Edge-
stones.
70.0
Medford st.
Medford st. . .
92 Webster ave. .
94 Webster ave. .
55 Webster ave. .
Main st
14 Kingman court
33.
38.4
80.0
38.
53.
25.9
108.4
120.5
207.8
34.
38.
141.8
120.7
65.9
38.
44.7
104.1
160.9
34.9
42.
33.
30.
427.1
431.8
35.
66.
17.
77.9
21.
Yards of
Bricks.
28
28
29
125
18
14
71
157
92
95
85
22
27
64
88
18
33
180
180
33
65
45
21
90
10
432
ANNUAL REPORTS.
TABLE T>.— Concluded.
For.
Street.
Feet of
Edge-
Stones.
Yards of
Bricks.
Edmund S. Sparrow .
Martha M. Sturtevant
Somerville Journal Co.
Isabella F. Silva . .
William Veazie . . .
Warren P. Wilder . .
Samuel H. Wilkins .
18 Meacham st
Sanborn ave
Walnut st
68 Webster ave •
135 Walnut st
Summer st.
1()9 Orchard st. . . . .
97.8
102.3
40.
139.3
93
70
77
117
67
Total
3,131.4
2 042
TABLE E.
DRIVEWAYS CONSTRUCTED AT EXPENSE OF ABUTTERS.
For.
Margaret A. Brown
City of Somerville (Fire Department)
City of Somerville (Fire Department)
Hiram A. Clarry
Edward Cox
George W. Clark
W. A. Crosby
James P. Haddie ...'....
Edward J. Llewellyn .."....
Charles O. Lailer
Charles Lynam
Fred L. Pulsifer
George B. Pitcher
Catherine J. Sherry
Eugene Selg
John Sweeney
Addie A. Snow
Harmon S. Trueman
Andrew Thompson
Location.
24 Cutter street .
Highland avenue .
Medford street
Cross street
63 and Qb Bow street
40 Prescott street .
34 Rush street
Somerville avenue
216 Somerville avenue
369 Medford street .
6 Chandler street .
55 Prescott street .
Preston street .
32 Prescott street .
15 Adams street .
212 Somerville avenue
34 Preston street .
145 Summer street
275 Washington street
REPORT OF THE COISIMITTEE OX HIGHWAYS. 433
TABLE F.
CROSSINGS CONSTRUCTED.
Broadway, across end of Autumn street.
Cross street, in line with the northeasterly side of Pearl street.
Cross street, northwesterly side, across end of Otis street.
Cross street, southeasterly side, across end of Ellsworth street.
Cross street, southeasterly side, across Pearl street.
Elm street, in line with the southwesterly side of William street,
Elm street, northwesterly, across end of Chapel street.
Holland street, westerly side, across end of Thorndike street.
Munroe street, across same, in front of house No. 81.
Summer street, westerly side, across end of Quincy street.
Union square, across end of Bow street.
Union square, across end of Warren avenue.
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REPORT
OF THE
COMMITTEE ON SEWERS.
CITY OF SOMERVILLE.
In Hoard of Aldermen, March 13, 1895.
Referred to Commiltee on Printing, to be printed in the Annual Reports.
Sent down for concurrence.
GEORGE I. VINXENT, Clerk.
, In Common Council, March 14, 1895.
Referred to Committee on Printing, to be printed in the Annual Reports,
in concurrence.
CHARLES S. ROBERTSON, Clerk.
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CITY OF SOMERVILLE.
In Committee on Sewers, January 1, 1805.
To THE Board of Aldermen of Somerville : —
The Committee on Sewers presents the following final report for
the year 1894 : —
MAINTENANCE ACCOUNT.
Credit.
Appropriation ........ $7, 000. 00
Receipts and Credits :
For fee for drainage of asylum build-
ing into Fitchburg Street sewer S50.00
labor and materials furnished in
1893, the bills for which re-
mained uncollected January 1,
1894 32.53
dividend on private sewer Timothy
Tufts, built in 1888 . . 7.80
90.33
Value of tools and property on hand, January 1, 1894,
transferred from Construction account . . 53.84
Value of tools and property on hand January 1, 1894 823,60
Value of materials on hand, January 1, 1894 . . 70.06
Total credit . . S8,037.83
438
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Debit.
Expenditures :
For repairing sewers and drains .
inspecting house drains .
flushing sewers and filhng catch-basins
cleaning catch-basins
repairing catch-basins
opening mouths of catch-basins
changing Une and grade of catch-basins
examining catch-basins
cleanino; sewers ....
changing Hne and grade of manholes
changing line and grade of manholes for West
End Street Railway Co
repairing manholes .
cleaning manholes .
ex'amining manholes
examining sewers
soundings for ledge .
cleaning ditches
cleaning and dredging Bridge Street sewer out
let
removing earth after completion of sewers
connecting High School drain with Highland
Avenue sewer .....
digging to locate old sewer
sundry expenses .....
A. M. Prescott, bill overpaid to December 31
1894
books, stationery and printing .
unpaid bills of 1893 ....
arranging tools and property
repairs of tools and property
Depreciation in value of tools, property and ma-
terials .......
Value of materials on hand, December 31, 1894
Amount canded forward ....
% 132.18
453.10
501.52
1,754.86
179.11
198.88
159.51
6.75
280.12
116.71
122.08
13.90
148.49
42.00
51.01
3.25
314.26
2,402.03
11.75
13.56
2.50
116.42
35.00
38.00
3.50
20.00
24.26
255.53
40.02
^7,440.30
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE OX SEWERS. 439
Amount brought forward .... 87,440.30
Value of materials on hand transferred to Construc-
tion account ...... 30.00
Value of tools and property on hand December 31,
1894 (including purchases during the year,
S179.72) 732.25
Total debit . . . S8,202.55
Amount overdrawn . 8164.72
Labor and materials have also been furnished and credit has been
received for the same as follows :
Public Grounds account, materials furnished at Cen-
tral Hill and Somerville Avenue cemetery . S 1.00
Puddling sewer trenches ...... 20.64
Removing earth after completion of sewer . . 9.64
Repairing drain ....... 6.25
CONSTRUCTION ACCOUNT.
Credit.
Appropriation 820,000.00
Unexpended balance of 1893 . . 256.75
Receipts and Credits :
For catch-basin curbs in sidewalks,
received credit from Sidewalks
account ..... $ 44.32
fee for drainage of estates into
Line Street sewer . . . 100.63
labor and materials furnished in
1893, the bills for which re-
mained uncollected January 1,
1894 17.44
Total .... 837.53
820,256.75
S 162.39
unpaid bills of 1894 . . . 2,425.84
Value of materials on hand January 1, 1894 . . 52.61
822,897.59
440
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Debit.
Expenditures :
For twenty-four sewers as per ac-
companying table .
Less cost of sounding for ledge,
Hall Avenue sewer, paid in 1 892
Less assessments
$15,602.64
29.74
$15,572.90
12,112.61
$3,460.29
For fifty-five catch-basins (average cost $72.14) 3,967.65
rebuilding manhole at end of North Union Street
sewer ........ 263.52
awards for taking of land, Hall avenue, Kidder
avenue and Francesca avenue . . . 200.00
laying drain from pond on line of sewer, Austin
street and Mystic avenue to North Union street 59.25
laying drain at Central Fire station . . . 107.01
laying drain. Grove street, east side, north line of
railroad . . . . . . . 28.32
laying surface drain, Cameron avenue, westerly . 64.76
digging for ledge ...... 274.98
. relocating catch-basin, Hamlet street . . 29.49
extending outlet of North Union Street sewer . 14.00
books, stationery and printing .... 17.00
sundry expenses ...... 57.76
abatement of sewer assessments . . . 233.50
unpaid bills of 1893 6,111.99
Value of materials on hand December 31, 1894 . 30.00
Total debit . . . $14,919.52
Balance unexpended
$7,978.07
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE OX SE^^'ERS. 441
Labor and materials have also been furnished and credit has been
received for the same as follows :
Highways account, constructing sewer and drain at
new City stables at City Farm . . . S702.21
Joseph F. Wilson, constructing sewer in passageway
off Newbury street ..... 70.93
Henry Green, drainage of lots in Cambridge into
Line Street sewer ..... 100.63
J. E. Parsons, constructing sewer, Pearl street . . 97.97
Total .... S971.74
Appended hereto is a table of sewers built during the year.
Twenty-four sewers have been built during the year, being two less
than in 1893.
Fifty-five catch-basins have been built, while in 1894 there were
but thirty- eight.
For the committee,
FRANKLIN F. PHILLIPS, Chairman.
WILLIAM P. :MITCHELL, Clerk.
44:2
ANNUAL REPORTS.
SEWERS BUILT IN 1894.
Length
Total
Assess-
Cost to
Street.
From.
To.
IN Feet.
Cost.
ment.
City.
Central street and
Westwood road
Berkeley street
Central street
Westwood road
Benton avenue
628.5
$1,364.28
$ 853.05
$ 511.23
Cross Street place
Cross street
Westerly
122.8
45.69
45.24
.45
Congress place
Linwood street
Southwesterly
115.6
66.71
66.71
Elmwood street
East of
On private land
147.06
147.06
Glen street
Fountain ave.
330 feet East Elm
St., private lands
from Hall av.,
Northeasterly
1
153.1
108.52
23.98
84.54
Hall avenue and
in Francesca av.,
east'ly & west'ly
from private
lands, and in
Kidder avenue
Near
private lands
and Francesca
Liberty ave.
Kidder ave.
1,898.6
4,463.89
3,020.11
1,443.78
and Kidder aves
Private lands
east'ly & west'ly
from 813 feet
northeast
Jenny Lind ave.
From Medford st.
Near Broadway
257.8
312.31
306.87
5.44
Laurel place
Laurel street
Westerly
186.
311.98
58 93
253.05
Leland street
Washington st.
Northeasterly
262.8
219.12
218.39
.73
Melvin street
273 feet from
Broadway
Southwesterly
73.4
57.74
56.38
1.36
Mystic avenue
Austin street
No. Union street
unfinished
28.00
28.00
North Union st.
extension
Mystic river
No. Union street
"
291.74
291.74
North Union st.
65 feet southeriy
from Mousal pi.
Pearl Street
Southwesterly
192.9
301.72
298.07
3.65
Pearl Street pi.
Northeasterly
170.5
122.34
121.78
.56
Pitman street
Spring Street
Northwesterly
unfinished
64.25
64.25
Private lands and
Talbot avenue
Broadway and in
Talbot av. e'st'ly
50 ft. southeast'ly
Talbot avenue
College avenue
1,800.4
1,920.89
1,917.56
3.33
Putnam street and
Highland ave.
from Highland
Highland avenue
232.9
314.24
148.99
165.25
avenue, and in
Westerly
Highland ave.
Snow terrace
Jaques street
Southwesterly
125.2
191.09
14.42
176.67
Summer street
Cedar street
Southeasterly
257.5
262.28
252.26
10.02
Summer street
Willow avenue
Easterly
799.3
915.58
907.81
7.77
Talbot and
Private lands and
Packard avenue
Westerly
Packard aves.
in Packard ave.
1,788.6
3,609.42
3,608.90
.52
and Sawyer ave.
and Sawyer ave.
Sycamore street
Medford street
Southwesterly
220.4
140.16
136.64
3.52
Wheeler street
Pinckney street
Southeasterly
202.1
203.27
123.23
80.04
Willow avenue
Morrison street
Southerly
140.36
140.36
9,488.4
$15,602.64
$12,11261
$3,490.03
Less paid on Hal
1 Avenue sewer in
1890
29.74
$3,460.29
REPORT
OF THE
CITY ENGINEER
CITY OF SOMERVILLE.
In Board of Aldermen, April lo, 1895.
Referred to Committee on Printing, to be printed in the Annual Reports.
Sent down for concurrence.
GEORGE I. VINCENT, Clerk.
In Common Council, April 11, 1895.
Concurred in.
CHARLES S. ROBERTSON, Clerk.
CITY OF SOMERVILLE.
Office of City Engineer,
SoMERviLLE, April 8, 1895.
To His Honor, the Mayor, and the City Council : —
In compliance with City Ordinance, Chapter 9, Section 9, the fol-
lowing report of the City Engineer for the year ending December 31,
1894, is respectfully submitted : —
ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT.
The number of persons permanently employed during the year
has been nine.
The expenses of the department have been as follows :
Salary of City Engineer .....
$2,400.00
Salary of assistants ......
6,595.68
Supplies ........
99.85
Car fares .......
119.21
Tapes, plumbs, tools and spikes
67.26
Repairs and adjustment of instruments and tools
25.70
Stakes ........
28.50
$9,336.20
The items of expenditures of salaries of assistants are as follows :
Giving lines and grades for edgestone and brick side-
walks, examining titles of abutters, and comput-
ing assessments and cost
Amount carried forward
(28)
$808.99
8808.99
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Amount brought forward ..... % 808.99
Giving lines and grades for defining street lines, for
grading and macadamizing streets, revising ac-
ceptance plans, and examining titles of abutters 769.35
Making surveys and giving lines and grades for public
sewers, examining titles of abutters, computing
assessments and making assessment plans, locat-
ing and recording private drains, giving lines and
grades for building catch-basins, and rebuilding
old sewers . . . . . . . . 1,629.04
Giving lines and grades for laying water-pipe, mak-
ing surveys and plans, locating and recording
locations of mains, services, afifixing house numbers
to service applications ..... 400.61
City survey . . . . . . . . 552.45
Grade and lines, and clerical work for department of
public grounds ....... 292.72
Surveys and plans, grades, lines Nathan Tufts Park . 555.60
Preparing plans for numbering streets and affixing
street numbers to houses ..... 375.60
Indexing note-books and plans and keeping office
records 200.22
Copying plans at Middlesex Registry of Deeds and
work done for the assessors' department . . 57.95
City map 84.10
Surveys, lines and grades for street railroads . . 249.94
Surveys and lines for Somerville Electric Light Co. . 27.92
Miscellaneous, including sketches and plans for police
and law departments used in accident cases, sur-
veys and estimates for public property department,
lines and grades for pubHc buildings . . . 591.19
City Survey.
1,595.68
The appropriation made for the City Survey in 1894 was included
in that made for salaries of engineers' assistants, but the amount of
work which the engineers' department was called upqn to perform was
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SO large that the entire amount appropriated was needed for the reg-
ular office work.
It is important that some progress should be made in this work of
making a systematic survey of the city during the coming year, be-
cause of the demands that will inevitably be made within a short time
for sewers and water, for the laying out of new streets, and the Metro-
politan Park boulevards.
The larger part of the city west of Cedar street, equal to about one
third of the entire area of the city, has not been surveyed, neither has
any sewerage system been designed, nor are there any materials, notes,
plans or surveys on file in this office from which a sewerage system or
water distribution can be designed.
The whole district above referred to should be accurately and
carefully surveyed, and the notes plotted on sectional plans of small
size to be conveniently filed, and from these plans a study can be
made for sewers and water mains.
This work should be undertaken at once, that sufficient time may
be given the engineers' department to prepare this work before it is
needed. If it is delayed until it is actually needed, the work must be
done in a hurry, and the results will not only be unsatisfactory because
of the haste in which the work is done, but delays must necessarily occur
in complying with requests of the Board of Aldermen for estimates
and plans, because of the time required to do the work. Accurate
plans of the part of the city above referred to would be of great value
to the assessors' department in locating property and recording trans-
fers, and it is undoubtedly true that the value of such a set of plans
would be worth to this department alone more than the cost of the work.
It is probable that the public will soon demand that all wires re-
quired for electric lighting, telephone, telegraph and fire-alarm uses
be placed in underground conduits. When this work is decided upon
it will first be necessary to know the location of all underground con-
struction, whether used for sewer, water or gas purposes, and accurate
plans will then be needed on which these locations can be recorded.
When this department is called upon for information, it is expected
that it will be furnished at once and without delay, but it will be im-
possible to do such work within any reasonable time unless the work
of the office can be kept in advance of the needs of the city or the re-
quirements of the City Council.
448 ANNUAL REPORTS.
On page 446 it will be noticed that $552.45 has been expended
on the city survey during the past year. The work done has been
made necessary by the construction of sewers and the making of
assessment plans, and the areas surveyed have been in isolated districts.
The cost of making small surveys of this kind is excessive in first cost,
and must be further increased by the work necessary to correct errors
that will be found when a systematic survey of the city is made.
The attention of the City Council is directed to the reports of the
City Engineer for the years 1891, 1892, 1893, 1894, in which the need
of making such a survey as is recommended, and the request heretofore
made that an appropriation of $500 be made for extending the city
survey is repeated.
Street Monuments.
The correct location of the line of every estate, and especially of
lines separating adjacent estates, must be referred to the street line of
the street on which it is located and also to the nearest intersecting
street, for in this way the exact location of any such line can be
determined by measurement from these street lines ; hence, that
there may be no doubt as to the location of these lines, and conse-
quently of all estate lines, it is important that the street lines should
be marked or designated by some method by which they can be readily
found by any one, and at the same time the method adopted must
be such that they will be preserved in the same location forever.
The method usually adopted is the placing at the intersection of the
side lines of intersecting streets, or at the angles or at the ends of
curves in the street, stone monuments or posts made of sufficient
depth that when placed m the ground they will not be moved by the
action of the severest frosts, and marked or cut by a drill hole in the
top at the intersection of the two lines it is proposed to define the
location of.
When such monuments are properly placed, and their locations
definitely recorded, there is furnished a visible and exact location
and determination of the line of the street ; and the engineer who is
■called upon to lay out a ho.use lot, to survey an estate, or the City
Engineer who is ordered to lay out a sewer, or define a street line,
•either for edgestone, street railway tracks, electric light poles, the lay-
ing of water pipes, or the various other uses for which the public use
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the Streets, has no difficulty in determining a street line or doing his
work with the least possible difficulty and delay, and the least possible
chance of error.
The City of Somerville has never made a systematic effort to place
stone monuments to define its street lines.
In 1860 a survey of the town (known as the Richardson survey)
was made, and at that time many stone monuments were set, on the
centre lines of the streets ; but excavations since made for sewer con-
struction have caused the removal of many of them. There is no
record of the number of monuments set in 1860, but at the present
time about one hundred and seventeen monuments can be found that
were set in 1860, about one hundred were set in 1877, and thirty-five in
1884. Since 1884 no monuments have been set, and there are to-day
but about two hundred and fifty monuments on fifty-two miles of public
streets; that is, only one monument exists for every eleven hundred
feet of street.
Instead of being referred to permanent marks, street Hues are now
fixed by measurements from buildings recorded in note-books or
on plans, or by spikes driven in the earth at intersections of street
lines.
The notes are capable of different interpretation by different engi-
neers, and a great deal of time is lost in endeavoring to establish
street lines from these notes, or in replacing spikes that may have
been disturbed by the slightest movement of the ground. Many times
during the past year, the office has been called upon to adjust street
lines that other engineers have been unable to run from the imperfect
notes that now define street lines.
It will benefit the land owner, make the lines of estates more per-
manent, and greatly relieve the office force of a constant repetition of
work in continually replacing points defining street lines that cannot
be permanently defined unless stone monuments are set as recom-
mended. It will also place the city in line with what is being done to-
day in nearly every large town or city.
The attention of the City Council is referred to the annual reports
of the City Engineer for the years 1892, 1893, for further information
on this subject, and the recommendation heretofore made, that an
appropriation of $500 be made for this purpose is repeated.
450 annual reports.
City Map.
The work on the city map has been pushed during the winter, but
progress is necessarily slow because of the lack of any method of
checking the work already done on local surveys.
Several traverses have been compiled, but errors were found that
have taken a great deal of time to eliminate. In connection with this
work it has been found that a new survey of the city, as heretofore
referred to, would be of the greatest value in correcting and complet-
ing the city map.
City Engineer's Office.
The room assigned the City Engineer and the tables and cases for
fiUng plans and doing the work of the office, are entirely too small and
limited to accomplish the work to be done. It is impossible to accom-
plish half the results desired with the limited space assigned the City
Engineer at the City Hall.
The vault for storing note-books and plans is entirely too small,
and if the building were destroyed by fire it is certain that every note-
book and plan, the accumulation from surveys and calculations made
during the last twenty-five years would be entirely destroyed, as well as
the records of surveys of at least two thirds the area of the city ;
plans showing the location and depths of sewers, and the locations of
house drains for about sixty miles of sewers ; the plans of fifty miles
of public streets j and plans of estates made during the last twenty-
five years.
What the expense of replacing the records and plans contained in
this vault would be, no one can determine ; but it is certain to re-
place these records would require a resurvey of the city, including
street lines, property lines and buildings, the re-establishing of every
street line in the city, that new plans be made of all the sewers in the
city ; an expense undoubtedly equal to the cost of a new City Hall.
I would therefore recommend that new rooms be provided for the
City Engineer's department, that a thoroughly fireproof room of ample
dimensions be built before these valuable records are destroyed.
Plans at Middlesex Registry of Deeds.
Tracings have been made of all plans of real estate in Somerville
recorded at the registry of deeds during the year 1894, and an index
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has been made showing the street, owner's name and surveyor's name,
date and record of these plans have been compiled.
Profiles have been made for establishing the grade of seven and
one-half miles of street, and two and seven-tenths miles of sewers.
Grades have been given for two and one-tenth miles of edgestone,
and measurement made and assessments computed for the same length
of edgestone, and ten thousand three hundred and ninety-nine square
yards of brick sidewalk. Grades and lines have been given for ninety-
six estates.
Assessment plans have been made for ten thousand three hundred
and five lineal feet of sewers. Three hundred and seventy water ser-
vices have been located, and the location recorded. The numbers on
houses have been compared with the plans, corrections made, and all
houses completed May 1, 1894, were numbered. In Appendix G
will be found an ordinance regulating the City Engineer's Department.
SEWER DEPARTMENT.
Assessments have been levied for ten thousand three hundred and
five and two-tenths feet, or one and ninety-five one-hundredths miles of
public sewers, at a cost of 815,759.34; of this amount 812,799.05 was
assessed on abutters, and 82,960.29 has been assumed by the city, and
paid from Funded Debt account. In addition to this amount one
thousand three hundred and ninety-two and four- tenths lineal feet of
sewer were contracted for in 1894, but have not been completed
December 31, 1894.
Private Drains.
Four hundred and forty-six permits for laying house drains, and
thirty-nine for repairs of drains were issued during the year. These
drains have all been located, the locations referred to the street lines and
side lines of the house, properly recorded in note-books, plotted on .
the assessment plans and indexed.
The cost of inspection of house drains was 8453.10.
Catch-Basins.
Fifty-two catch-basins were built during the year at a cost of
13,822.71 j three have been rebuilt at a cost of 8119.29. The number
of catch-basins in use January 1, 1895, was eight hundred and two.
452 ANNUAL REPORTS.
Twenty-one catch-basins have been repaired at a cost of $179.11 ; an
average cost of $8.53.
The cost of changing the grade and line of eighteen catch-basins
was $159.51, an average cost of $8.86.
Nine hundred fifty-seven catch-basins have been cleaned ; one
thousand seven hundred eighty-one loads, or two thousand fifty-four
cubic yards of material were removed and disposed of at a cost of
$1,754.86, an average cost of $1.83 per basin, $0.99 per load, and
$0.84 per cubic yard.
The cost of removing snow, ice and street dirt from catch-basin
openings was $198.88. Eleven miles of pipe sewers were flushed at
a cost of $439.63; an average cost per mile of $40, or $7.60 per
thousand feet. One and one-third miles of brick sewers were cleaned
at a cost of $280.12 ; an average cost per mile of $210.62, or $51.34
per thousand feet.
The cost of cleaning out-fall ditches at Winthrop avenue, Austin,
North Union and Waverly street was $314.26.
Manholes.
The cost of changing the grade and line of sixty-six manholes was
$221.52, an average cost of $3.36.
The cost of cleaning one hundred and seven manhole dirt-catchers
was $148.44, an average cost of $1.13.
Bridge Street Outlet.
The cost of dredging was ..... $4,323.67
The items of cost are as follows : —
Three thousand eight hundred and
forty-one cubic yards of material
dredged at $0.64 . . . $2,458.24
.Removal of shoal at end Bridge street
pipes 1,650.00
Labor, advertising, teaming, water and
clothing 215.43
$4,323.67
Five-ninths of this amount, $2,402.03, was paid by the City of
Somerville, the balance by the City of Cambridge. The item of
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$1,650 was the cost of removing material from the outlet end of the
iron pipe out-fall near the channel.
Extension of the Winthrop Avenue Sewer.
The attention of the City Council has been regularly called,
every year since 1888, to the existing condition of the out-fall ditch at
the end of the Winthrop Avenue Sewer ; it is certain that action by the
City Council can no longer be delayed, and that this sewer must be
extended to the Mystic River.
The attention of the City Council is hereby called to the several
reports of the City Engineer since the year 1888, for further informa-
tion with regard to the evils existing, and suggestions made to remedy
them.
Intercepting Sewer in the Location of the Boston & Lowell
Railroad.
In the area bounded by Cross and Medford streets. Highland
avenue. Willow avenue and Broadway, the existing sewers are very
much too small to properly dispose of the areas they drain, so much
so that during heavy rain storms these sewers are surcharged to such an
extent that the storm water is forced through the house drains into
cellars, and frequently streets are flooded and water is forced through
the manhole covers. In a large part of this area no sewers have been
constructed, and large tracts of land remain unoccupied because there
is no outlet for the drainage of these areas.
In still other parts of this area sewers have been built on the sepa-
rate system, without any provision for disposing of storm water, and the
result is that street surfaces are washed out by every heavy rain, and
cellars and private lands are flooded by storm water that should be
disposed of by sewers.
The demand for relief from these evils is growing more urgent
every year, and it is time that at least a system of disposal of house and
surface drainage should be adopted. The outlet for this sewer must
be located at some point on the Mystic River near the Middlesex
Avenue Bridge, and when the Winthrop Avenue Sewer is extended, a
common outlet should be provided for both sewers.
The attention of the City Council is respectfully directed to pre-
454 ANNUAL REPORTS.
vious reports of the City Engineer, and the statements there presented
and recommendations made are repeated.
Tannery Brook District.
The area bounded by Holland street, Boston & Maine Railroad
(Arlington and Lexington branch), Cambridge city line, Alewife Brook
and Broadway has a considerable population, but has no system of
sewerage, except a small area drained by the Holland, Elmwood and
Mead Street sewers, and except in the area last mentioned, the sewer-
age from a population of about six hundred people is collected either
in cesspools or is disposed of by a private sewer emptying into Tan-
nery Brook. This private sewer was originally a part of the Tannery
Brook, and since houses have been erected has been made a covered
channel and used as a sewer. Surveys and plans have been made for
a main sewer, which it is proposed to lay through the valley of this
brook and connect with Metropolitan Sewer.
Connections with the Metropolitan Sewer.
The Metropolitan Sewer is so far completed that it will be necessary
to make the several connections with the Metropolitan Sewer during
the coming season.
Six connections will be made, as follows :
At Somervihe avenue and Poplar streets with the Somerville
Avenue Sewer ; the drainage area of this sewer is bounded by East
Cambridge city hne, Linwood and Medford streets, Highland avenue,
Central street, Medford street, Broadway, Cedar street, Morrison
avenue and Morrison street. Elm street, Broadway, Holland street?
Meacham street and the Cambridge city line.
Included within the area drained at this connection is a part of
Cambridge draining into the sewer in Webster avenue, the establish-
ment owned by the North Packing Company, John P. Squire Com-
pany, and the New England Dressed Meat and Wool Company, and is
the largest and most expensive of all the connections.
Second — At Washington and Waverly streets. The drainage area
of this sewer is bounded by the Boston city line. Crescent, Pearl and
Cross streets, the Boston & Maine Railroad (Southern Division),
and Washington street.
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These two connections will be made with the Cambridge branch
of the Metropolitan Sewer.
Third — At North Union street. The drainage area of this sewer
is bounded by the Boston city line, ISIystic avenue, Union, Benedict
and Austin streets.
Fourth — At Mystic and Winthrop avenues. The drainage area
of this sewer is bounded by Mystic avenue, Austin, Benedict and
Union streets, Broadway, Boston city line, Mt. Pleasant, Pearl and
Cross streets, Boston & Maine Railroad (Southern Division), Cen-
tral, Medford and Adams streets, Broadway, ^lain, Heath, Jaques
and Temple streets, and Mystic avenue.
■ Fifth — At Mystic avenue, at or near Moreland street, extended.
The area to be drained by the sewer at this connection is bounded by
Mystic avenue, Temple, Jaques, Heath and Main streets, and the ]sled-
ford City line, and includes a small area in Medford.
The three sewers last mentioned connect with the Somerville
branch of the Metropolitan Sewer.
Sixth — At the junction of Alewife and Tannery brooks. The
area to be drained by the sewer at this connection has already been
described in the description of the proposed sewer in the Tannery
Brook District. The last-mentioned sewer will connect with the
Alewife Brook branch of the Metropolitan Sewer.
Table.
In appendex A will be found a table showing the location, items of
cost, cost per lineal foot, amount of assessments made, and the cost to
the city of sewers built in 1894.
In appendix H will be found an ordinance relating to the sewer
department.
HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT.
The work of the Highway Department has been done under the
direction of Mr. Thomas H. Eames, the Superintendent ; the City
Engineer is only required to give lines and grades, make measurements
of work done, and compute the assessments for sidewalk improvements.
The following information has been compiled from the records of
this office, information obtained from the Superintendent, and from the
annual report of the Committee on Highways.
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The items of expenditure are as follows :
Credit.
The appropriation for highways for 1894 was
Collections for work of former years
Net income, city dwellings.
Health Department account.
Building at gravel bank.
Money approved in pay-roll not called for and decrease
in value of tools, property and materials
Debit.
Laying out streets and advertising notices of hearings
Construction of new streets ....
Street crossings . . . .
Street signs in place ......
Repairs and improvement of streets in connection with
setting edgestone .....
Ordinary repairs of streets .....
General repairs of streets .....
Cleaning streets . .
Planting and trimming trees ....
Labor, laying brick and edgestone for single estates
Repairs of brick sidewalks ....
Salary of drawtend^r and repairs, Middlesex Avenue
Bridge . - .
Removing snow and ice from streets and sidewalks
Sewer Assessment, Glen street ....
Books, stationery and printing ....
Setting stone bounds .....
Building at crusher ......
Laying out triangular lot, Broadway and Holland street
Repairs, Boston Avenue Bridge ....
Insurance and grading at city stable
Opening new streets ......
Amount carried forward ....
$60,000.00
2,143.13
$62,143.13
% 173.00
4,731.65
1,021.65
185.85
5,928.40
8,557.25
10,201.27
6,525.95
532.20
2,110.38
3,138.75
462.51
3,814.38
15.88
70.00
39.00
269.63
115.46
190.37
1,212.95
44.16
$49,340.69
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Amount brought f 01 ward . ; . . . 849,340.69
Superintendent's salary ...... 1,600.00
Board of horses ....... 417.17
Superintendent's telephone ..... 2.95
Cleaning Cross and Pearl streets, after the rebuilding of
West End Street Railway tracks .... 1,643.35
Private work not paid for in 1894 .... 457.05
Sundry expenses ....... 125.19
Net loss on tools, property and materials . . . 8,065.54
The work done is itemized as follows : —
Total cost of work done ..... 861,651.94
Balance unexpended . . . . . . 491.19
§62,143.13
Edgestone and Brick Sidewalk.
The appropriation for sidewalks was . . . S10,000.00
Thirty-three sidewalks laid in 1804 (see Appendix B) 819,811.22
Abatements ........ 31.67
Books 26.00
819,868.89
Less assessments and receipts . . 9,905.65
Cost to City 89,963.24
Balance unexpended . . . 36.76
810,000.00
Sixteen thousand one hundred nineteen and three-tenths lineal feet
of edgestone. Twelve thousand four hundred forty-one and four-
tenths square yards of brick sidewalk.
Repairs of Streets.
The repairs made on the main streets were as follows : —
Elm street from Willow avenue to Cedar street, Medford street
from Somerville avenue to the Fitchburg Railroad, School street,
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Berkeley street to SomervilJe avenue, Washington street, Fitchburg
Railroad to Beacon street.
Repairs and Improvement of Streets in Connection with Setting
Edgestone.
Edgestones were set on twenty-four streets. The cost of street
repairs per lineal foot of edgestone set, including the cost of paving
gutters with cobble stones, was $0.51 per lineal foot. The cost of
paved gutters per lineal foot of edgestone was $0.34 ; per square yard
was $1.07.
Construction of Streets.
The average cost per square yard of street macadamized in 1894
was $0.27 (see Appendix C).
Total Edgestone and Brick Sidewalk.
December 31, 1894, there were in Somerville three hundred ten
thousand eight hundred thirty-eight lineal feet, or fifty-nine miles of
edgestone and two hundred seven thousand and ninety lineal feet or M
thirty-nine and two-tenths miles of brick sidewalk.
Tables.
In Appendix B will be found a table showing the location and
cost of edgestones, brick sidewalks and paved gutters, and of repairs
on roadway in streets where edgestones were laid.
In Appendix C will be found a table showing the location and cost
of street improvements made during the year.
In Appendix D will be found a table showing the length and width
of streets accepted in 1894.
In Appendix F will be found a table showing the location and
length of public and private streets.
Street Numbering.
Street numbers on all houses in the city have been compared with
the numbering plans, and all houses without numbers have been num-
bered according to plans and at the city's expense.
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PUBLIC GROUNDS.
Nathan Tufts Park.
Work on the completion of the Nathan Tufts Park was begun
March 13th, and completed November 5th. The work done during
the year comprised the completion of the parapet wall protecting the
top of the ledge, the planting of trees and shrubs, crushing stone for
the roads and walks, grading in the vicinity of the Powder House and
at the foot of the ledge, the construction of roads and walks, paving
gutters and seeding the areas not planted.
The planting was made from a design by James H. Bowditch, of
Boston, forester, and the trees and shrubs were furnished by him.
The stone for the roads was collected from excavations within the
park limits, and was broken in sizes convenient for crushing.
The stone was broken on the park by a crusher erected by Arthur
J. Wellington, Manager Gates Iron Works Company, of Boston.
All other work was done by the City, by day labor.
The plans of laying out and constructing roads, and all landscape
work, except the planting previously mentioned, were made by the
City Engineer.
As the park is practically completed, it may not be out of place to
allude to its natural beauties, and that there may be no possible
chances for criticism of motives, the following quotations from an
editorial in the Boston Herald, October 14, 1894, is made : —
" A new pleasure ground of exceptional importance for an area of
only a few acres, is the Nathan Tufts Park in Somerville, the improve-
ment of which has just been completed. This importance is given by
the historic associations, and the picturesque character of the central
feature of the place, * * * the ancient powder tower that constitutes the
most precious historic possession of Somerville. * * * * The city has
the appreciative good sense to give it a setting worthy of its character
and quite in keeping with it. The improvement of the place for park
purposes has been in hand for something less than two years. * * * *
The picturesqueness of the fine old tower, impressive in the stateliness
of its admirable proportions, naturally calls for correspondingly pictur-
esque surroundings. The piece of hilly ground, at whose summit the
tower stands, contained the little that was picturesque in itself when
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taken in hand, having been a rather bare and bleak piece of old pasture.
To give convenient access to the place, a fine drive has been carried
up the hill by easy curves and gradients, making a circuit of the park.
Pleasant walks have also been provided with stone steps, where slopes
are steep. * * * * To make room for the drive, the rocky hillside has
been blasted away, forming a steep cliff of rock that makes a most
appropriate base for the old tower, when seen from the street. This
ledge is capped by a parapet of rough work. * * * *
A chief value of the park lies in the opportunity for breathing the
fresh air from a hill-top, with very pleasant immediate surroundings."
The amount expended on construction each year, and the cost of
land are given below.
Expended in 1892 $ 2,196.40
Expended in 1893 . . . . . . . 13,466.33
Expended in 1894 17,655.28
Total cost of construction ^33,318.01
Amount paid for land ...... 19,424.55
Total cost of the park ...... ^52,742.56
SOMERVILLE AvENUE CeMETERY.
The report of the City Engineer for 1893 contained^some sugges-
tions as to the need of further control of burials, and the need of
making a record of locations of interments, the propriety of allowing
burials t© be made in a closely populated district, and some method
of ensuring the care of all the lots. As no action has been taken, I
respectfully renew the suggestions embodied in the report of 1893.
The items of expenditure on Public Grounds are as follows : —
City Hall and Library Grounds.
Labor, care of walks and grass . . $130.48
Repairing driveways .... 5.00
Plants 19.65
Tree guards 18.00
$173.13
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461
High School Grounds.
Labor, care of walks and grass
Repairing driveways
§90.23
5.63
895.86
Central Hill.
Labor, care of walks and grass
Horse hire .....
Removing snow and ice from walks.
Seed and dressing
Sod and labor ....
Repairing and painting seats .
Repairing and painting fences .
Repairing and painting steps, Medford
street entrance
Repairing catch-basins
Tools, property, oil and repairs
Plants
Broadway Park
Labor, care of walks and grass
Horse hire ....
Labor, care of ice for skating .
Police service
Raising and lowering flagstaff
Repairing and painting flagstaff
Loam, grass seed and dressing
Plants .....
New seats ....
Tools, property, oil, repairs and sundries
8534.11
10.75
322.27
168.54
47.78
37.99
59.74
43.42
2.41
40.55
38.17
8977.26
41.25
18.25
301.50
20.00
17.71
17.45
89.15
63.00
61.23
Sl,305.73
$1,606.80
Broadway Parkw
Labor, care of grass
Horse hire
Reseeding railway location
Loam, seed and dressing
Repairing fence
Trees and labor of planting
Three water services
Use of water
(29)
AY.
8187.75
6.50
69.38
29.08
38.50
55.00
54.70
15.00
8455.91
462
ANNUAL REPORTS.
SOMERVILLE x\VENUE CeMETERY.
Care of walks and grass
$211.89
Plants ....
3.53
Loam, sod and dressing
15.72
Tools and sundries
4.17
Water service . . . ,
16.60
Use of water
5.00
$256.91
Nathan Tufts Park.
Labor, care of grass and walks .
$580.82
Repairs of roof of Powder House
23.36
Flagstaff, halliards, ball, etc.
42.75
Fences .....
32.68
Signs
2.00
Tools, property and repairs
91.19
Water service ....
9.80
Use of water ....
15.00
Expressing ....
2.00
Total .
$799.60
$4,705.94
BRIDGES.
Bridges over the Boston 6^ Maine Railroad, Southern Division,
Washington, Cross, Central and Cedar Street, and Broadway bridges
are all iron bridges of modern construction, and are in excellent con-
dition.
Walnut Street Bridge.
Has been removed, and an iron bridge is under construction.
School Street Bridge.
The abutments appear to be in the same condition as in 1893 ; the
southerly abutment is somewhat out of line at the base, but appears to
be safe. The easterly sidewalk approaches, supported on posts, need
some repairs.
report of the city engineer. 463
Sycamore Street Bridge.
The approaches and bridge are in good condition. The surface
drainage should be diverted into the railroad ditches, and not be
allowed to run through the abutments.
Bridges over the Fitchbiirg Railroad.
Prospect Street Bridge.
The bridge and approaches are in good condition, the northerly
abutment should be rebuilt at once.
Washington Street Bridge.
The bridge is in good condition, except that the iron work needs
painting.
Beacon Street Bridge.
Is in same condition as in 1893.
Miscellaneous Bridges.
Broadway Bridge Over Alewife Brook.
The retaining walls need pointing. The surface drainage should
be collected in catch-basins ; at present it runs over and through the
retaining wall and the arch, and may cause damage to the masonry.
Boston Avenue Bridge.
The surface drainage should be collected and disposed of by catch-
basins. The southerly abutment is in an unsatisfactory condition ;
the ends of the floor stringers, where they rest on the masonry, are con-
siderably decayed and must soon be replaced. When it becomes
necessary to replace the stringers, the southerly abutment should be
moved northerly to the location of the southerly pier, and an iron bridge
built to replace the present one.
Middlesex Avenue Bridge.
This bridge was built about twenty-five years ago, and was probably
sufficiently strong for the purpose for which it was designed. The
464 ANNUAL REPORTS.
condition of the bridge is such that it will probably be necessary that
very extensive repairs be made during the coming year, and should an
electric street railway be built through Middlesex avenue, it will prob-
ably be necessary that the bridge and draw be rebuilt.
The planking on the sidewalk and the easterly draw pier should be
relaid, the faces of the channel way be replanked, and the fences be
repaired if it should be decided not to rebuild the coming season.
WATER WORKS.
Lines and grades have been given when called for ; all mains, gates,
hydrants and services have been located, and the locations recorded
in the usual manner.
The diameters of mains relaid are considerably larger than those
heretofore used. The benefit of these changes is noticed in the in-
creased pressure in different parts of the city.
HORACE L. EATON,
City Engmeer.
APPENDIX A.
TABULAR STATEMENT OF SEWERS BUILT IN 1894.
LOCATION.
[TEMS OF COST.
To.
Co„_.
C
i
I
J
1
1
s
E
1
1
'
6
i
Co.?^'rS"io..
1
1
1
1
Earth.
Roek.
1.-
i
}
!
1
1
ll
1^
••3
i
Avon .tree, ...
Timothy F. Crinimilig*
mil.T.] D. Bryne , .
WiUatd B. Bryne . .
Timotliy F. Criminingt
Dennis C. Collini . .
Richard Falvey . . .
Chatlci A. MoDgan .
Charlci A. Mongan .
ChariM A. Mongan .
WilUrd B. Bryne . .
Charles A. Mongon .
Timolhy F. CrimmingB
!
lii
Hard-par..
Hnid-pao.
Hard-pan.
Hard-pan,
Hntd-pati.
Hard"psn.
Hard-pan.
Hard-pan.
Hard-pan.
Hard-pan.
Hard-pan.
1
ffrii
.SSK
"•r
::
::
1
(A) .00
(A) .01
(A) .OS
52.17
.37
.87
'^,140.sfi
IM.M
1 21
!
I
CliyFamlud, .
Congra. place . ,
Cm.. Slreel plate.
1 tl 1 Mdleet
A point m lee. northeart Irom 8er»iel. .treet .
Westerly /. . . .
Woeterly
NS?Liiert^;veoui !
France.ca avenue . .
Near Libirly avenue
Neat Bro»d*av . . .
Weilerly
Konheasieily . . .
Wcjierlr ....
NoriheaiteilyOaOleel,
Highland avenue . .
KorthwMletly . . .
South wciterly ■ . ■
NcStChn^ilre«: '.
Southwealedy . . .
Co. .Ire 1
«
F t ■
U M
H.ll....«e
A point 830 le.te..tl,o» El., .treet . . . .
'"r"""""'
iia: ::;;::;;:;;;
> ••""■"
Jenny Lind avenue
Ap.in,™,.etn.rthe..t„.»Med,.rd.tre.t.
"■"
Inland
W h- 1
-5
Melvin .....
A point 37a rcet joulhwut from Broadway . .
;-
pirz"" :
A'^oinTB30r«t(romB"*dw«y ::'.'.'.'.
.56
Sawyer avenue
HiEhland avenue
A point no ket southwut from Highlaiid nvenuc
.53
176 r
3
C^ 1 1
10 03
Wll
Hard-pan.
1.
.
.
iz
.15
0!
',.,:«
.:
^..
:::
Wh 1
p- t
SOW
Total length an
d..,t.,ne...e..r.hui,tinlS..« . . .
IO».tl
„.,™.84
„=.™.05
,.,««,.!9
SEWERS CONTRACTED FOR IN i8
AND UNCOMPLETED DECEMBER 31, 1894, FOR WHICH NO ASSESSMENTS
HAVE BEEN MADE.
.a„.ovS„.„.
..„..„
TO.
CO.
—
Si.ei.inoh...
l^n'ItTi'r.
M.,e..l..
Dee'elTal,™.
No th Unio
street se
—"i«»
Spring
A poin
,;.i.„.tre.t.
orlheasterly
My.
Denni. F. O'Co
r
18 and 80
E
AkZpipe
5291.74
andDe.
i,C Colli... .
UnionStree
andMy.0
on Mystic a
enue, near Au.t,n .treet
hU„..n.tr.et .
=o,ttoth.
City 0, ...... butlt,. IS.,
S.S3.99
Total
83 3H33
APPENDIX B.
Table showing the Location and Cost of Edgestone and Brick Sidewalks, of Paved Gutters and Roadway constructed in Streets where Edge-
stone was laid.
F.O..
TO.
hU,..,.,..
P„„0„^.s.
Gaavtt,..
h..c„.„.
STREET.
S,OB.
StPttwa...
Ed|=rtone..
Sq.Y.td,.
Co.t.
S,.vard..
Co.t.
S,. yard..
Co.t.
Sq. V.rd..
CO...
Beacon
Beacon
Beacon and
Kent
Berkeley
Billingham
Broadway
Broadway
Central
Cherry
Dickinson
Elm
Elm
Eflscx
Flint
Gibbens
Hathotn
Heath
Highland avenue . .
Highland avenue . .
Lake
Mcdford
Medford
Munroe
Munroe
Porter
sL-avinio: ; ;
School
Walnut
Wallace
Webster avenue . . .
Northeasterly .
Northeasterly
Northeasterly
Easterly . . .
Northerly . . .
Northwesterly .
Southerly . . .
Southerly . . .
Westerly . . .
Easterly . . .
Southeasterly .
Southwesterly .
Northwesterly .
Both ....
Northeasterly .
Southerly . . .
Westerly . . .
Northeasterly
Northerly . . .
Southerly . . .
Southerly . . .
South westerly .
Southwesterly ■
Northerly . . .
Southerly . . .
South and West .
Westerly '. '. '.
Southerly . . .
Westerly . . .
Westerly . . .
Westerly . , .
Easterly . . .
Westerly . . .
Concord avenue
Kent street
Easterly line Durell school lot
School street '.'.'.'.'.'.
Broadway
Highland avenue .'.;;;
Summer street
Beacon street
Russell street
Summit street
Medford street
Cross street
Central street
Broadway
Central street
Hawkins street
Central street
School street
Walnut street
Walnut street
School street
Summer street
Summer street
Somerville avenue ....
Evergreen avenue ....
Beach avenue
Miller Street ..'....'.
Kent street
Northerly line Durell school lot
Central street
William street
Near Cross street .....
Near Arthur street
Boston & Maine Railroad . .
Springfield street '.'..'.'.
Davis square
Richdale avenue ! '.'.'.'.'.
Aldrich street
Benton avenue
Arlington street
Bondstrcel
Westerly line Central Club Ass'n
Westerly line Est, Johnson heirs
South Church street ....
Bartlett street
Lee street
Southeasterly line Wentwortli Est.
Estate of Mary Jones ....
Summer street
Highland avenue
Highland avenue
Sycamore street
Broadway
Broadway
6
6
10
10
6
IC
10
00
00
00
67
67
00
00
67
67
67
67
10
IS
1.087.0
602.6
U3.3
622.2
604.7
737.0
237.0
4oV.2
327 8
1.042.3
869.8
647.8
sVV.ii
366.3
1,674.3
884.0
447.1
302^0
lOfi.O
502.9
466.0
399.1
889.7
224.0
604.7
333.7
692.0
290.6
269.7
689.4
oV-'.i
671.0
i 384.36
780.69
'926!2G
eu'.ss
947.43
767.79
498.89
972.38
236.85
339.62
336.86
628.36
569.64
610.12
672.63
1,732.14
1,096 60
668.65
661.65
667.05
227.70
849.10
437.011
362
48
'174
168
246
79
'iei
109
847
287
216
'iJ6
122
'295
"ei
148
S 303.90
67 jo
ISV.M
140 00
247.60
62.80
iVi'.oo
80.io
464.20
36.20
2'73'.96
212.30
104.95
166.60
264" 10
j. 461.66
2,121'
S378.'70
1,311
1,111
2,392
} ■-■
400
S260.
si.'s
108.'
279.8
241.-
6
11,432.0
10,899.4
119,811.22
3,739
{8,992.80
2,121
J378.70
7.272
APPENDIX A.
TABULAR STATEMENT OF SEWERS BUILT IN 1894.
City Farm lands
Congress place .
Cross Street place
Glen
Hall!
Private lands
Kidder avenue
and
Private lands
Jenny Lind aven
Laurel aven
Leland . .
Melvin . .
North Unioi
Passageway
Pearl . .
Pearl Street place
Private lands
Talbot avenue
Snow terrace
Summer .
Summer
Sy.
Wheelei
Linwood street
Cross street
Fountain avenue
A point 330 feet east from Elm street . .
Private lands
Hall avenue
Private lands
Private lands
Private lands
Private lands
Francesca avenue
A point 313 feet northeast from Medford strt
Laurel street
Washington street
A point 273 feet southwest from Broadway
A point 65 feet south from Mousal place .
Northeast of No. 65 Newbury street . .
Franklin street
Pearl street
Broadway (opp. Wallace street)
A point 930 feet from Broadway
Private lands
Private lands
Talbot avenue
Packard avenue
Jaques £
Cedar st
Medford stn
Pinckney sti
Near Benton avenue
Northeasterly 466 feet
Westerly ...
Southwesterly .
Westerly . . .
Near Oliver street
Private lands . . .
Near Liberty avenue
Francesca avenue
Liberty avenue .
Northwesterly .
Northwesterly . -
Near Liberty avenue
Kidder avenue .
Near Broadway .
Westerly . . .
Northeasterly
Southwesterly .
Southwesterly .
Westerly . . .
Westerly . . .
Northeasterly .
Northeasterly 030
Talbot avenue .
College avenue .
Packard avenue .
Near Curtis street
Southwesterly
Near Linden av
uthwesterly
•at Mt. Verne
Charles A. Mongan
Willard B. Bryne .
Charles A. Mongan
Willard B, Bryne .
Timothy F. Crimming:
and
Dennis C. Collins ,
Richard Falvey . .
Ma
: Buttimer
Charles A. Mongan
Maurice Buttimer .
Charles A. Mongan
Maurice Buttimer .
Charles A. Mongan
Crimmings & Collins
Charles A. Mongan
Willard B. Bryne .
Charles A. Mongan
Maurice Buttimer .
Richard Falvey . .
Charles A. Mongan
Maurice Buttimer .
Charles A. Mongan
Hervey A. Hanscom
Charles A. Mongan
ITEMS OF COST.
116.6
1M.8
153.1
344.6
212.1
234.6
276.0
206.3
234.7
163.4
226.0
100.7
170.5
Hard-pan.
Sand!
Sand.'
Hard-pan.
Hard-pan.
Sand.
Hard-pan.
Hard-pan.
Hard-pan.
Hard-pan.
Hard-pan.
Hard-pan.
Hard-pan.
Hard-pan.
Hard-pan.
Hard-pan.
Hard-pan.
Hard-pan.
Hard-pan.
Hard-pan.
Hard-pan.
Hard-pan.
72.6
97.1
105.9
24.2
22.1
114.2
67.7
40.2
259.8
22.0
313.3
76.0
Earth. Rock.
Bould'r
Bould'l
3.60
3.50
3.60
3.50
4.60
3.50
.62.00
6.00
1.00
30.00
48.00
48.00
44.50
47.00
5.00
35.00
35.00
42.00
42.00
40.00
7.00
45.00
47.00
2.50
38.00
6.00
(A).
(A).
1(B).
(A) .05
(A) .06
COST AND ASSESSMENT.
$2.17
I 1.14
2.71
1.72
669.21
66.71
46.69
108.. 62
2,140.85
826.58
1,497.46
312.31
311.98
219.12
57.74
301.72
70.93
97.97
122.34
1,138.03
782.86
1,764.51
1,844.91
191.09
263.28
915.58
140.16
8.63.05
659.21
45.24
23.98
1,184.82
962.84
872.45
287.60
68.93
218.39
66.38
176.77
70.93
97.97
121.78
1,917.56
14.42
252.26
24.81
263.05
176.67
10.02
Total length and cost of r
$13,799.06 $2,960.39
(A) Removing surplu
CB) Test pits for location of rock.
fC) Advertising.
(D) Filling on line of s
SEWERS CONTRACTED FOR IN 1894, AND UNCOMPLETED DECEMBER 31, 1894, FOR WHICH NO ASSESSMENTS
HAVE BEEN MADE.
Name of Street.
Fro.y.
To.
Contractor.
Size in inches.
Approximate
Length in feet.
Materials.
Payments to
December 31, 1894.
North Union Street sewer e.\tension
North Union street, northeasterly
Mystic river
Westerly
North Union street . .
18 and 20
10
12
376.0
100.0
400.0
frrip'p^
Akron pipe
Akron pipe
$291.74
64.25
2S.00
Timothy F. Crimmings and Dennis C. Collins . .
Union Street and Mystic Avenue sewer extension
-A point on Mystic avenue, near Austin street
$383.99
Total cost to the City of sewers built in 1894
$3,344.38
i built in the city January 1, 1S95
APPENDIX B.
Table showing the Location and Cost of Edgestone and Brick Sidewalks, of Paved Gutters and Roadway constructed in Streets where Edge-
stone was laid.
Beacon . . . .
Beacon . . . .
Beacon and
Kent . . . .
Berkeley . . .
Billingham . . .
Broadway . . .
Broadway . . .
Central . . . .
Cherry . . . .
Dickinson . . .
Elm
Elm
Essex . . . .
Flint
Gibbens . . . .
Hathorn . . .
Heath . . . .
Highland avenue
Highland avenue
Lake
Medford . . .
Medford . . .
Munroe . . . .
Munroe . . . .
Preston . . . .
Porter . . . .
Putnam . . . .
Quincy . . . .
Richdale avenue .
School . . . .
Walnut . . . ,
Wallace . . . .
Webster avenue .
Northeasterly
Northeasterly
Northeasterly
Easterly . .
Northerly . .
Northwesterly
Southerly . .
Southerly . .
Westerly . .
Easterly . .
Southeasterly
Southwesterly
Northwesterly
Both . . .
Northeasterly
Southerly . .
Westerly . .
Northeasterly
Northerly . .
Southerly . .
Southerly . .
Southwesterly
Southwesterly
Northerly . .
Southerly . .
South and West
Both . . .
Westerly . .
Westerly . .
Southerly . .
Westerly . .
Westerly . .
Westerly . .
Easterly . .
Westerly . .
Concord avenue
Kent street
Easterly line Durell school lot
Beacon street
School street
Broadway
Rush street
Cross street
Highland avenue
Summer street
Beacon street
Russell street
Summit street
Medford street
Cross street
Central street
Broadway
Temple street
Central street
Putnam street
Hawkins street
Central street
School street
Walnut street
Walnut street
School street
Summer street
Summer street
Somerville avenue ....
School street
Evergreen avenue ....
Pearl street
Holland street
Beach avenue
Treraont street
Dickinson street
Miller street
Kent street
Northerly line Durell school lot
Central street
William street
Near Cross street
Near Arthur street
Boston & Maine Railroad . .
Highland avenue
Springfield street
Davis square
Kenwood street
Richdale avenue
Aldrich street
Benton avenue
Arlington street
Bond street
Westerly line Central Club Ass'n
Westerly line Est. Johnson heirs
South Church street ....
Bartlett street
Lee street
Southeasterly line Wentworth Est.
Estate of Mary Jones ....
Summer street
Highland avenue
Highland avenue
Summer street
Sycamore street
Broadway
Veazie street
Broadway
Webster school lot
Cambridge line
6.67
11.00
11.00
4.17
6.67
6.67
15.00
15.00
9.00
6.67
6.67
10.00
10.00
6.67
6.67
6.67
6.67
6.67
10.00
10.00
6.67
9.17
8.33
10 to 6.67
6.67
6.67
6.67
8 33
6.67
6.67
8.33
6.67
6.67
8.25
1,087.0
128.3
87.4
592.6
143.3
522.2
504.7
737.0
237.0
494.2
327 8
1,042.3
92.1
859.8
647.8
377.9
366.3
182.7
443.3
917.2
392.0
195.0
502.9
455.0
399.1
889.7
224.0
504.7
333.7
75.0
117.0
592.0
290.5
259.7
589.4
947.1
571.0
594.0
190.4
912.9
384.35
780.59
176.68
1,026.65
926.26
364.62
604.68
947.43
757.79
498.89
972.38
236.85
339.52
515.35
336.85
256.69
909.37
170.05
138.25
614.67
446 91
628.35
569.54
516.12
572.63
1,782.14
1,036 50
558.55
661.65
567.05
227.70
849.10
437.06
i?19,811.22
Paved Gutters.
Sq. Yards. Cost,
174
168
246
109
347
31
287
216
126
122
3,739
226.95
57.70
134.20
140 00
247.60
52.80
176.00
80.10
454.20
36.20
273.95
212.30
104.95
166.50
;?3,992.30
Sq. Yards. Cost
2,121
2,392
666
S260,
448
REPORT OF THE CITY ENGINEER.
465
APPENDIX C.
TABLE SHOWIXG LOCATION AND COST OF
MEXTS.
STREET IMPROVE-
Name of Street.
Macadam.
Sq. Yards.
Cost.
Broadway (at Boston & Lowell R. R. Bridge)
Claremon (Holland street to Mead street) .
Cross (Broadway to Mystic avenue)
Cross (Broadway to Oilman street)
Elm (at Nathan Tufts Park) ....
Elm (Willow avenue to Cedar street) . . . '
Gorham (Holland street to Howard street)
Greenville (Medford street to High street) .
Hall avenue (Elm street to Liberty avenue)
Hudson (Cedar street to Lowell street)
Jenny Lind ave. (Medford street to Broadway)
Medford (Somerville ave. to Washington street)
Pearl (Cross street to Oilman square) .
School (Berkeley street to Somerville avenue)
Washington (Fitchburg R. R. to Beacon street) .
York terrace (Central street to Harvard place)
2,000
1,555
3,055
3,400
1,000
5,500
2,100
1,830
2,570
3,600
1,700
2,900
9,500
3,070
7,000
750
$ 374.55
399.40
811.20
540.00
145.05
1,740.60
197.80
427.35
510.70
504.65
503.30
1,649.45
1,103.35
765.80
3,923.60
275.00
Totals . . .....
51,460
813,871.50
466
ANNUAL REPORTS
APPENDIX D.
STREETS ACCEPTED IN 1894.
Name of Street.
From.
To.
Width in
Feet.
Length in
Feet.
Bartlett ....
Vernon st. . .
Medford st. .
40
820
Bigelow . . .
Boston St. . .
Munroe st. .
50
208
Claremon .
Holland st. . .
Mead st.
40
560
Cutter ave.
Highland ave. .
Summer st. .
40
480
Cypress . . .
Central st. . .
Beach st.
40
262
Delaware . .
Pearl st. . . .
Aldrich st. .
40
451
Fanning ave. .
Highland ave. .
Lexington ave.
50
376
Hall ave. . .
Elm St. . . .
Liberty ave.
40
926
Hancock
Elm St. . . .
Summer st. . .
40
781
Knapp . .
School St. . .
Granite st. .
40
379
Leon . .
Concord ave.
Dickinson st.
40
155
Lowell . .
Medford st. . .
Vernon st. . .
40
1,U1
Munroe .
Walnut St. . .
Easterly . . .
40
375
Porter . .
Highland ave. .
Summer st. . .
40 and 45
805
Robinson .
Central st.
Bartlett st. . .
40
582
Trull . . .
Medford st. .
Vernon st. .
40
1,050
Waldo . .
Highland ave. .
Hudson St. .
40
287
Warwick
Cedar st. . .
Warwick ave. .
40
665
Westwood road
Central st. . .
Benton ave.
40
487
REPORT OF THE CITY ENGINEER.
467
APPENDIX F.
TABLE SHOWING THE LOCATION, LENGTH AND WIDTH OF PUBLIC
AND PRIVATE STREETS.
Public
or
Width
in
Length.
Street.
From.
To,
Private.
Feet,
Public.
Private,
Adams
Broadway
Medford st.
Public.
40
900
Adrian
Marion st.
Joseph St.
Private.
40
'530
Albion place
Albion St.
Northeasterly
Private.
10
80
Albion
Central st.
Cedar st.
Public.
40
2,742
Albion
Broadway
Medford line
Private.
50
100
*Albro
Hoiks st.
Southwesterly
Private,
30
410
Aldersey
Walnut St.
Vinal ave.
Public.
40
508
Aldrich
Pearl st.
B. & L. R. R.
Public,
40
611
, .
Alfred
Broadway
Medford line
Private.
50
50
Allen
Somerville ave.
Charlestown st.
Private.
•25
680
Allen ct.
Park St.
Northwesteily
Private.
20
150
Alpine
Cedar st.
Southeasterly
Private.
30
670
Alston
Cross St.
Shawmut pi.
Private,
40
420
Ames
Bartlett st.
Robinson st.
Public,
40
580
Appleton
Willow ave.
Clifton St.
Public.
40
510
Appleton
Clifton St.
Liberty ave.
Private.
40
120
Arlington
Franklin st.
Lincoln st.
Public.
40
'440
, .
Arnold ct.
Beacon st.
Northeasterly
Private.
10
115
Arthur ct.
Linden st.
Easterly
Private.
about 10
100
Arthur
Broadway
Bonair st.
Public.
40
*438
Ashland
Summer st.
Sartwell ave.
Private.
30
'470
Asylum ave.
Washington st.
McLean Asylum
Private.
about 30
2,000
Atherton
Central st.
Beech st.
Private.
40
264
Auburn ave.
Cross St.
B. & L. R. R.
Private,
30
600
Austin
Broadway
Mystic ave.
Public.
40
'eso
Autumn
Broadway
Bonair st.
Private.
20
420
Avon
School St.
Central st.
Private.
40
1,360
Avon place
Cross St.
B. & L. R. R.
Private.
25
150
Ayer ave.
Morrison ave.
Boston ave.
Private,
70
1.500
Banks
Elm st.
Summer st.
Private.
40
639
Bartlett
Vernon st.
Medford st.
Public.
40
*820
, ,
Bartlett
Medford st.
Broadway
Private,
40
730
Bartlett
Washington st.
Asylum Grounds.
Private.
20
200
Bay State ave.
Broadway
Fosket St.
Private,
40
• •
1,197
Beach ave.
Webster ave.
Columbia st.
Private,
about 20
..
200
Beacon place
Beacon St.
Northeasterly
Private,
15
200
Beacon
Cambridge line
Somerville ave.
Public.
66
e'joo
, ,
Beacon terrace
Somerville ave.
Northeasterly
Private.
24
110
Bean's ct.
Cutter St.
Southeasterly
Private.
16
100
Bedford
South St.
Cambridge line
Private.
30
..
160
Beech
Somerville ave.
Spring St.
Public.
40
800
, ,
Bellevue terrace
Albion St.
Northeasterly
Private.
20
90
Belmont
Somerville ave.
Highland ave.
Public.
40
2",i75
Belmont place
Belmont st.
Southeasterly
Private.
25
175
Benedict ave.
Broadway
Benedict st.
Private.
20
200
Benedict
Union st.
Austin St.
Public.
40
'eoo
Bennett ct.
Bennett st.
Prospect St.
Private.
10
100
Bennett
Prospect St.
Bennett ct.
Private.
40 to 25
400
Benton ave.
Summer st.
Hudson St.
Private.
40
1,210
Berkeley
School st.
Central st.
Public.
40
1,360
Berwick
Lawrence st.
Northwesterly
Private.
20
170
Bigelow
Boston St.
High St.
Public.
50
'2O8
Billingham
Broadway
William st.
Public.
40
563
Bishop's place
Glen St.
Easterly
Private.
10
75
Blakeley ave.
Winthrop ave.
Cross St.
Private,
40
630
Bleachery ct.
Somerville ave.
Fitchburg R. R.
Private,
30
. ,
450
Bolton
Oak st.
Houghton St.
Private.
40
••
500
Proposed.
468
ANNUAL REPORTS.
APPENDIX F.— Continued.
From.
Public
or
Width
in
Length,
Street.
To.
Private.
Feet.
PubHc.
Private.
Bonair
Cross St.
Walnut St.
Public.
40
1,470
Bond
Broadway
Jaques st.
Public.
40
640
Bonner ave.
Washington st.
Columbus ave.
Public.
40
450
Boston ave.
Medford line
Mystic River
Public.
60
910
*Boston ave.
Cedar st.
Medford line
Private.
50
, ,
1*200
Boston
Washington st.
Prospect Hill ave.
Public.
45
630
Boston
Prospect Hill ave.
Walnut St.
Public.
40
1,250
Bow
Union sq.
Wesley sq.
Public.
60
600
Bow
Wesley pk.
Somerville ave.
Public.
50
500
, ,
Bowdoin
Washington st.
Southerly
Private.
40
, .
370
Bow St. place
Bow St.
Northwesterly
Private.
40
300
Bradford ave.
School St.
Southeasterly
Private.
40
150
Bradley
Pearl st.
Walter st.
Private.
40
765
Brastow ave.
Lowell St.
Porter st.
Public.
40
686
,
Broadway
Charlestown line
Cross St.
Public.
100
2,590
,
Broadway
Cross St.
Marshall st.
Public,
100 to 200
2,060
Broadway
Marshall st.
Main st.
Public.
100
1,570
Broadway
Main st.
Top of hill
Public.
100 to 90
1,030
,
Broadway
Top ot hill
Albion St.
PubUc.
90
2,540
Broadway
Albion St.
Willow ave.
Public.
90 to 70
1,030
Broadway
Willow ave.
Paulina st.
PubHc.
70
3,250
Broadway
Paulina st.
Arlington line
Public.
65
3,220
Broadway place
Broadway
Southwesterly
Private.
22
'250
Brook
Glen St.
Cross St.
Public.
40
*500
Brook
Dover st.
Northerly
Private.
40
200
Browning road
Sycamore st.
Central st.
Private.
40
679
Buckingham
Beacon st.
Dimick st.
Public.
40
*300
Burnside ave.
Elm St.
Summer st.
Private.
40
••
'720
Caldwell place
Washmgton st.
Southerly
Private.
20
..
210
Calvin
Beacon st.
Dimick st.
Private.
40 ,
250
Calvin
Dimick st.
Washington st.
Private.
30
395
Cambria
Central st.
Benton ave.
Private.
40
488
Cameron ave.
Holland st.
Cambridge line
Private.
60
1,000
Campbell pk.
Meacham st.
Kingston st.
Private.
40
395
Campbell pk. place
Kingston st.
Arlington Br. R.
Private.
20
84
Carlton
Somerville ave.
Lake st.
Public.
40
'300
Carver
Porter st.
Northwesterly
Private.
40
156
Cedar
Elm St.
Broadway
Public.
40
4,150
Cedar ave.
Cedar st.
Linden ave.
Private.
22
"290
Cedar st. place
Murdock st.
Southwesterly
Private.
20
220
Central
Somerville ave.
Summer st.
Public.
33
1,150
Central
Summer st.
Medford st.
Public.
40
2,480
Central
Medford st.
Broadway
Public.
45
1,070
Centre
Albion St.
B. & L. R. R,
Private.
35
200
Chandler
Park ave.
Broadway
PubHc.
40
1*232
Chapel
Elm St.
Chandler st.
Public.
40
273
..
Chapel ct.
Sycamore st.
Northwesterly
Private.
12
130
Charles
Washington st.
Asylum Grounds.
Private.
30
200
Charlestown
Allen St.
Easterly
Private.
15
400
Charnwood road
Willow ave.
Gordonia road
Private.
40
588
Chauncy ave.
Broadway
Mystic ave.
PubHc.
50
1,320
*Chelsea
Mystic ave.
Melrose st.
Private.
50
1*390
Cherry
Elm St.
Highland ave.
Public.
45
1,450
Chester
Elm St.
Cambridge line
Public.
40
850
Chester ave.
Medford st.
Angle
Public.
about 22
220
Chester ave.
Angle
Cross St.
Private.
20
*445
Chester place
Chester st.
Northwesterly
Private.
40
200
Chestnut
Poplar St.
Southeasterly
Private.
40
540
Church
Summer st.
Somerville ave.
Public.
40
560
Church (south)
Somerville ave.
Lake st.
PubHc.
40
340
..
Church St. place
Church St. (south)
Northwesterly
Private,
25
170
Claremon
Holland st.
Mead st.
Public.
40
'56O
' •
* Proposed.
REPORT OF THE CITY ENGINEER,
APPENDIX Y.— Continued.
469
From.
To.
Public
or
Private.
Width
in
Feet.
Length.
Street.
Pubhc.
Private.
Clarendon ave.
Broadway
Cambridge line
Private.
40
1,210
Clark
Newton st.
Northwesterly
Private.
3.0
450
Clifton
Appleton St.
Morrison st.
Public.
40
240
Clifton
Morrison st.
Arlington Br. R.
Private.
40
220
Clyde
Cedar st.
Murdock st.
Private.
.30
600
College ave.
Broadway
Medford line.
Public.
.50
1,700
Columbia
Glass House ct.
Cambridge line.
Private.
40
550
Columbia ct.
Columbia st.
Webster ave.
Private.
9
150
Columbus ave.
Land of Clark
Walnut St.
Public.
40
1,000
Columbus ct.
Washington st.
Northerly
Private.
.30
100
Conpord ave.
Prospect St.
Leon St.
Public.
40
1,.500
Concord ave.
Leon St.
Beacon st.
Private.
.30
470
Congress place
Linwood st.
Southwesterly
Private.
16
200
Conlon ct.
Columbia st.
Easterly
Private.
20
200
Conwell
Highland ave.
Southwesterly
Private.
35
360
Conwell ave.
Curtis St.
Westerly
Private.
40
600
Cook
Marion st.
W. ofSo.Wyattst.
Private.
40
450
Cooney
Beacon st.
Line st.
Private.
26
220
Cottage ave.
Russell St.
Chester st.
Public.
40
*500
..
Cottage place
Washington st.
Northwesterly
Private.
about 11
150
Craigie
Somerville ave.
Summer st.
Public.
50
1,2.50
Crescent
Washington st.
Pearl st.
Private.
30 to 38
650
Crocker
Highland ave
Crown St.
Public.
40
'528
Cross
Medford st.
Broadway
Public.
45
2,6.50
Cross
Broadway
Mystic ave.
Public.
40
1,100
..
Crown
Porter st.
Lowell St.
Private.
30
700
Curtis
Broadway
Medford line
Public.
40
2,300
Cutler
Lawrence st.
Northwesterly
Private.
20
'170
Cutter
Broadway
Webster st.
Public.
40
740
..
Cutter ave.
Summer st.
Highland ave.
Public.
40
430
Cutter place
Cutter ave.
Northwesterly
Private.
30
155
Cypress
Central st.
Beech st.
Public.
40
262
••
Dana
Bonair st.
Pearl st.
Public.
40
690
Dane
Somerville ave.
Washington st.
Public.
40
1,270
Dane ct.
Dane st.
Easterly
Private.
30
600
Dartmouth
Medford st.
Broadway
Public.
40
1,450
Day
Elm St.
Cambridge line
Public.
40
940
*Dean ave.
Morrison ave.
Boston ave.
Private.
40
l',i45
Delaware
Aldrich st.
Pearl st.
Public.
40
4.51
Dell
Glen St.
Tufts St.
Private.
40
465
Derby
Temple st.
Wheatland st.
Public.
40
1,031
Dexter
Broadway
Medford line
Private.
50
25
Dickinson
Springfield st.
Beacon st.
Public.
40
'770
Dimick
Concord ave.
Calvin St.
Private.
40
'860
Distillhouse
South St.
Cambridge line
Private.
35
150
Dix place
Linwood st.
Southwesterly
Private.
10
100
DoYer
Elm St.
Cambridge line
Public.
40
'940
Dow
North St.
Easterly
Private.
40
'645
Downer place
Downer st.
B. & L. R. R.
Private.
20
125
Downer
Nashua st.
Southeasterly
Private.
20
120
Durham
Beacon st.
Hanson st.
Private.
40
450
Earle
South St.
Fitchburg R. R.
Private.
30
500
East Albion
E. of Moreland st.
Medford line
Private.
40
490
Eastman place
Highland ave.
Southwesterly
Private.
40
300
East Newton
Prospect St.
Webster ave.
Public.
25
'470
*Edgeworth
Mystic ave.
Melrose st.
Private.
50
1,380
Edmands
Broadway
Southwesterly
Private.
40
.525
Electric ave.
Curtis St.
Westminster st.
Private.
40
265
Eliot
Vine St.
Park St.
Public.
40
'26O
, .
Ellington road
Highland ave.
Northeasterly
Private.
35
120
Ellington road
West St.
Northwesterly
Private.
30
405
Proposed.
470
ANNUAL REPORTS.
APPENDIX F. — Continued.
Public
or
Width
in
Length.
Street.
From.
To.
Private.
Feet.
Public.
Private.
Ellsworth
Cross St.
Rush St.
Public.
40
210
Elm ct.
Villa ave.
Northwesterly
Private.
18
"'70
Elm place
Harvard st.
East'ly & West'ly
Private.
30
400
Elm
Somerville ave.
Cherry st.
Public.
63
1,500
'
Elm
Cherry st.
White St.
Public.
63 to 60
330
Elm
White St.
Banks st.
Public.
60
660
, ,
Elm
Banks st.
Beech st.
Public.
60 to 77.5
290
, .
Elm
Beech st.
Tenney st.
Public.
77.5 to 60
570
Elm
Tenney st.
Medford line
Public.
60
4,300
Elmwood
Holland st.
Cambridge line
Private.
40
970
Elston
Elm St.
Summer st.
Public.
40
'396
Emerson
Everett st.
Newton st.
Private.
30
170
Emery
Fitchburg R. R.
South St.
Private.
30
530
Endicott ave.
Broadway
Southwesterly
Private.
40
800
Essex
Medford st.
Richdale ave.
Public.
40
232
Eustis court
Beacon st.
Southwest
Private.
30
150
Everett
Webster ave.
Newton st.
Private.
30
350
Everett ave.
Cross St.
Dana st.
Public.
40
'soo
Evergreen ave.
Marshall st.
Sycamore st.
Public.
40
1,320
Evergreen sq.
Porter st.
Southeasterly
Private.
8
••
200
Fairlee
Cherry st.
Northwesterly
Private.
30
150
Fairmount ave.
Curtis St.
Northwesterly
Private.
40
700
Fanning ave.
Highland ave.
Lexington ave.
Public.
50
376
Farragut ave.
Broadway
Southwesterly
Private.
40
840
Fenwick
Broadway
Heath st.
Public.
40
340
Fisk ave.
Hinckley st.
Lowell St.
Private.
20 and 25
'460
Fitchburg ct.
Fitchburg st.
Southeasterly
Private.
10
225
Fitchburg
Linwood st.
B. & L. R. R.
Private.
40
400
Fitchburg
Linden st.
Easterly
Private.
20
300
Flint ave.
Flint St.
Northerly
Private.
40
200
Flint
Franklin st.
Aldrich st.
Public.
40
l',773
Florence
Washington st.
Perkins st.
Public.
40
1,280
Folger
Broadway
Fairmount ave.
Private.
40
'28O
Forrest
Beacon st.
Cambridge line
Public.
40
'l50
Forster
Sycamore st.
Central st.
Private.
30
'430
Fosket
Willow ave.
Liberty ave.
Private.
40
670
Fountain ave.
Cross St.
Glen St.
Private.
30
550
Francesca ave.
Elm St.
Liberty ave.
Public.
40
'762
Francis
Porter st.
Conweil St.
Private.
30
ISO
Franklin ave.
Washington st.
Franklin st.
Private.
20
500
Franklin ct.
Somerville ave.
B. & L. R. R.
Private.
, .
200
Franklin place
Franklin st.
Southeasterly
Private.
15
100
Franklin
Broadway
Northerly
Private.
40
120
Franklin
Broadway
Washington st.
Public.
40+
2,230
*Frederick ave.
Willow ave.
Cedar st.
Private.
45
1,360
Fremont
Main St.
Near Mystic ave.
Private.
40
1,397
Fremont ave.
Parker st.
East'ly & West'ly
Private.
30
235
Frost ave.
Somerville ave.
Dane st.
Private.
35
550
Garden ct.
Somerville ave.
Fitchburg R. R.
Private.
25
, ,
370
Garfield ave.
Broadway
Mystic ave.
Private.
40
1,150
Garrison ave.
Broadway
Southwesterly
Private.
40
850
George
Broadway
Lincoln ave.
Private.
40
350
Gibbens
Central st.
Benton ave.
Public.
40
'492
Giles place
Walnut St.
Northwesterly
Private.
32.71
168
GiU's ct.
Franklin st.
Westerly
Private.
10
100
Gilman
Cross St.
Walnut St.
Public.
40
1,430
Gilman terrace
Pearl st.
Northeasterly
Private.
40
360
Glass House ct.
Webster ave.
Easterly
Private.
40
200
Glen
Broadway
Tufts St.
Public.
40
2,300
Glover circle
Meacham st.
Southeasterly
Private.
20
"iio
Gordonia road
Summer st.
Charnwood road
Private.
40
263
* Proposed.
REPORT OF THE CITY ENGINEER.
471
APPENDIX F. — Continued.
Public
or
Width
in
Length.
Street.
From.
To.
Private.
Feet.
Public,
Private.
Gorham
Holland st.
Howard st.
Public.
40
763
Gould ave.
Porter st.
Southeasterly
Private.
16
'i56
Grand View ave.
Walnut St.
Vinal ave.
Public.
40
470
Granite
Somtrville ave.
Osgood St.
Private.
40
*400
Grant
Broadway
Mystic ave.
Private.
40
1,350
Greene
Summer st.
Laural st.
Public.
40
555
Greenville
Medford st.
High St.
Public.
40
660
Greenwood terrace
Beacon st.
Northeasterly
Private.
2.5
. .
165
Grove
Elm St.
Morrison st.
Public.
40
985
••
Hadley ct.
Franklin st.
Westerly
Private.
20
150
Hall
Cedar st.
Cherry st.
Private.
30
350
Hall ave.
Elm St.
Liberty ave.
Public.
40
926
. .
Hamlet
Highland ave.
Southwesterly
Private.
30
, .
400
HammoHd
Dickinson st.
Concord ave.
Private.
40
273
Hancock
Elm St.
Summer st.
Public.
40
781
Hanson ave.
Hanson st.
Easterly
Private,
30
, .
252
Hanson
Washington st.
Vine St.
Private.
35
750
Harding
South St.
Cambridge line
Private.
30
115
Harris
Beacon st.
Cambridge line
Private.
35
150
Harrison
Ivaloo St.
Mondamin ct.
Public.
40
335
Harrison
Mondamin ct.
Kent St.
Private.
40
335
Harrison
Elmwood St.
Southeasterly
Private.
40
210
Harvard
Summer st.
Beech st.
Public.
40
650
Harvard place
Harvard st.
East'ly & West'ly
Private.
35
400
Hathorn
Broadway
Arlington st.
Public.
40
330
Hawkins
Somerville ave.
Washington st.
Public.
40
330
Hawthorne
Willow ave.
Cutter ave.
Private.
30
810
Hayden terrace
Linden ave.
Easterly
Private.
20
120
Heath
Temple st.
Bond St.
Public.
45
1,043
Heath
Bond St.
Morelandst.
Private.
45
750
Henderson
Richardson st.
B. & L. R. R.
Private.
20
535
Hennessey ct.
Medford st.
Fisk ave.
Private.
20
..
250
Henry ave.
Highland ave.
Lexington ave.
Private.
40
290
Herbert
Chester st.
Day St.
Public.
40
'360
Hersey
Berkeley st.
Oxford St.
Private.
40
230
High
Boston St.
Monroe st.
Private.
50
1,100
Highland ave.
:Medford st.
Davis sq.
Public.
60
9,100
..
Hillside ave.
Pearl st.
Southwesterly
Private.
30
1.50
Hillside park
Walnut St.
Northwesterly
Private.
40
245
Hinckley
Broadway
Lawrence st.
Private.
30
430
Hodgdon place
Dane ct.
Northeasterly
Private.
about 20
150
Holland
Davis sq.
Broadway
Public.
60
2,650
HoUis
Cameron ave.
W^esterly
Private.
30
422
Holmes
Cameron ave.
Westerly
Private.
30
422
Holt ct.
Wyatt St.
Westerly
Private.
10
70
Holt's ave.
Oak St.
Southeasterly
Private.
10
100
Homer sq.
Bonner ave.
Northwesterly
Private.
30+
200
Horace
South St.
Fitchburg R. R.
Private.
30
..
510
Houghton
Prospect St.
Springfield st.
Private.
40
..
750
Howard
Thorndike st.
Gorham st.
Private.
40
430
Howard
W^hipple St.
Willow ave.
Private.
30
..
255
Howe
Marshall st.
School St.
Public.
; 40
445
Hudson
Central st.
Cedar st.
Public.
40
2,760
Hunting
South St.
Carjibridge line
Private.
1 30
••
125
Irving
Holland st.
Broadway
Public.
' 40
1,180
Ivaloo
Beacon st.
Park St.
Public.
! J^o
650
!
Jackson
Medford st.
Maple St.
Private.
30
150
James
Pearl st.
Veazie st.
Public.
40
'320
Jaques
Chauncey ave.
i Temple st.
Public.
40
1,200
.•
Jaques
Temple st.
1 Bond St.
1
Public.
45
1 1,050
■■
Proposed.
472
ANNUAL REPORTS.
APPENDIX F. — Continued.
Public
or
Width
m
Length.
Street.
From.
To.
Private.
Feet.
Public.
Private.
*Jasper
Pearl st.
Oilman st.
Private.
40
300
Jay
Holland st.
Howard st.
Private.
40
525
Jenny Lind ave.
Vernon st.
Broadway
Public.
40
1,507
Jerome ct.
Sycamore st.
Jerome st.
Private.
10
150
Jerome
Montrose st.
Jerome ct.
Private.
20
125
Joseph
Newton st.
Northwesterly
Public.
40
385
..
Josephine ave.
Morrison ave.
Broadway
Private.
45
1,715
Joy
Washington st.
Poplar St.
Private.
30
1,150
Joy St. place
Joy St.
Southwesterly
Private.
30
175
Kensington ave.
Broadway
Blakeley ave.
Private.
40
440
Kent ct.
Kent St.
Northerly
Private.
about 25
420
Kent
Somerville ave.
Fitchburg R. R.
Private,
40
300
Kent
Fitchburg R. R.
Beacon st.
Private.
25
400
Kenwood
Elm St.
Billingham st.
Private.
40
322
Kidder ave.
Elm St.
Willow ave.
Private.
40
1,280
Kilby
Somerville ave.
Southwesterly
Private.
20
180
Kingman ct.
Washington st.
Fitchburg R. R.
Private.
25
400
Kingston
Meacham st.
Campbell pk.
Private.
40
620
Knapp
School St.
Granite st.
Public.
40
*379
..
Knowlton
Oliver St.
Tufts St.
Private.
40
925
Lake
Hawkins st.
Church St.
Public.
40
860
, ,
Lamson ct.
Linwood st.
Poplar St.
Private.
20
370
Landers
School St.
Westerly
Private.
40
280
Laurel ave.
Laurel st.
Northwesterly
Private.
18
125
Laurel
Somerville ave.
Summer st.
PubHc.
40
'940
Lawrence
Hinckley st.
B. &L. R. R.
Private.
35
650
Lawrence
Boston ave.
Southwesterly
Private.
35
710
Lawson terrace
Putnam st.
Easterly
Private.
5
200
Lee
Medford st.
Richdale ave.
Private.
40
385
Leland
Washington st.
Northeasterly
Private.
40
250
Leon
Concord ave.
Dickinson st.
Public.
40
155
Leonard place
Joy St.
Northeasterly
Private.
13+
98
Lesley ave.
Highland ave.
Lexington ave.
Private.
40
333
Leslie place
Highland ave.
Northerly
Private.
12
75
Lester place
Meacham st.
Northwesterly
Private.
20
190
Lexington ave.
Willow ave.
Cedar st.
Private.
50
1,360
Liberty ave.
Appleton St.
Broadway
Private.
40
1,495
Lincoln ave.
Lincoln st.
Mt. Vernon st.
Private.
40
450
Lincoln place
Lincoln ave.
Northerly
Private.
9
120
Lincoln
Broadway
Perkins st.
Public.
40
"550
Linden
Somerville ave.
Fitchburg R. R.
Private.
30
705
Linden ave.
Elm St.
Summer st.
Public.
45
1,'()50
Linden ave.
Summer st.
Northeasterly
Private.
45
'250
Linden place
Linden ave.
Northwesterly
Private.
20
160
Line
Washington st.
Cambridge line
Private.
33
1,750
Linehan ct.
Linwood st.
Chestnut st.
Private.
about 15
200
Linwood place
Linwood st.
Southwesterly
Private.
about 12
150
Linwood
Somerville ave.
Washington st.
Public.
50
2,050
London
Linwood st.
B. &L. R. R.
Private.
40
340
Loring
Somerville ave.
Northeasterly
Private.
40
400
Louisburg place
Autumn st.
Easterly
Private.
13
90
Lowell
Somerville ave.
Albion St.
Private.
33+
2,580
Lowell
B. & L. R. R.
Vernon st.
Private.
33+
60
Lowell
Vernon st.
Medford st.
Public.
40
1,141
Lowden
Broadway
Fosket St.
Private.
40
1,205
Madison
School St.
Sycamore st.
Public.
40
891
Main
Broadway
Medford line
Public.
50
950
*Malden
Mystic ave.
Melrose st.
Private.
50
1,360
Mallet
Willow ave.
Liberty ave.
Private.
40
580
Malloy ct.
Somerville ave.
Merriam ave.
Private.
30
255
Proposed.
REPORT OF THE CITY ENGINEER.
473
APPENDIX F. — Continued.
Public
or
Width
in
Length.
Street.
From.
To.
Private.
Feet.
Public.
Private,
Mansfield
Somerville ave.
Washington st.
Private.
40
730
Maple ave.
School St.
Southeasterly
Private,
40
300
Maple
Poplar St.
Jackson st.
Private,
30
470
Maple place
Marshall st.
Maple ave.
Private,
5
125
Marion
Concord ave.
Adrian st.
Private.
40
170
Marshall
Broadway
Pearl st.
Public.
40
1,650
Mason ave.
Orchard st.
Cambridge line
Private.
3.5
220
May place
Hawkins st.
Easterly
Private.
12
100
Mc Culphe place
Medford st.
Easterly
Private.
10
110
McGregor place
Wigglesworth st.
Walnut St.
Private.
about 10
250
Meacham
Orchard st.
Cambridge line
Public.
40
100
Meacham
ArlingtonB. R. R.
Orchard st.
Private.
40
'eoo
Meacham
Mt. Vernon ave.
Medford line
Private.
40
800
Mead
Cameron ave.
Moore St.
Private.
40
340
Medford
Cambridge line
Central st.
Public.
50
s'.ioo
Medford
Central st.
Broadway
Public.
55
1,950
Melburn place
Summer st.
Northeasterly
Private.
30
125
Melrose
Mystic ave.
Middlesex ave.
Private.
50
2,310
Melvin
Broadway
Bonair st.
Private.
40
487
Merriam ave.
Merriam st.
Malloy ct.
Private.
15
255
Merriam
Somerville ave.
Charlestown st.
Private.
30
500
Middlesex ave.
Mystic ave.
Medford Hne
Public.
60
3,400
Milk St. place
Somerville ave.
Southwesterly
Private.
about 30
100
Miller
Sacramento st.
Northwesterly
Private.
33
350
Mills
Walnut St.
Sargent ave.
Public.
40
'560
Miner
Vernon st.
Ames St.
Public.
40
244
Minnie ave.
Meacham st.
Northeasterly
Private.
40
705
Mondamin ct.
Ivaloo St.
Harrison st.
Private.
25
250
Montgomery ave.
Broadway
Wellington ave.
Public.
40
265
..
Montrose ct.
Montrose st.
B. &L. R. R.
Private.
12
110
Montrose
School St.
Sycamore st.
Public.
40
886
Moore
Holland st.
Mead st.
Public.
40
695
Moreland
Main st.
Mystic ave.
Private.
40
1,513
Morgan
Beacon st.
Park St.
Public.
40
350
Morrison ave.
Willow ave.
Cedar st.
Private.
50
..
1,366
Morrison place
Morrison st.
Northerly
Private.
20
..
190
Morrison place
Morrison pi.
Easterly
Private.
15
175
Morrison
Willow ave.
Elm St.
Public.
40
1,700
Mortimer place
Marshall st.
Southeasterly
Private.
20
150
Morton
Glen St.
Knowlton st.
Private.
40
285
Mossland
Somerville ave.
Elm St.
Public.
40
350
..
Mountain ave.
Linden ave.
Porter st.
Private.
22
310
Mousal place
North Union st.
B. & M. R. R.
Private.
20
200
Mt. Pleasant ave.
Curtis St.
Northwesterly
Private.
40
700
Mt. Pleasant ct.
Perkins st.
Southwesterly
Private.
40
260
Mt. Pleasant
Broadway
Perkins st.
Public.
33
570
..
Mt. Vernon ave.
Main st.
Meacham st.
Private.
50
800
Mt. Vernon
Washington st.
Pearl st.
Public.
40
600
..
Mt. Vernon
Pearl st.
Perkins St.
Public.
50
450
..
Mt. Vernon
Perkins st.
Broadway
Public.
40
600
..
Monroe
Walnut St.
High St.
Public.
40
375
Murdock
Cedar st.
Clyde St.
Private.
30
900
Murray
Washington st.
Southerly
Private.
30
..
250
Museum
Beacon st.
Cambridge line
Private.
40
170
Myrtle ct.
Myrtle st.
Easterly
Private.
10
• •
100
Myrtle
Washington st.
Perkins st.
Public.
40
1,400
Mystic ave.
Charlestown line
Union st.
Public.
60
350
..
Mystic ave.
Union st.
Medford line
Public.
66
6,900
Mystic
Washington st.
Somerville ave.
Public.
40
360
Mystic
Benedict st.
Mystic ave.
Private.
40
330
Nashua
Richardson st.
B. & L. R. R.
Private.
35
640
Nevada ave.
Village St.
Hanson st.
Private.
20
200
* Proposed,
474
ANNUAL REPORTS.
APPENDIX F. — Continued.
Public
or
Width
in
Length.
Steeet.
From.
To.
Private.
Feet.
PubUc.
Private.
Newberne
Appleton St.
Morrison st.
Private.
40
200
Newbury
Holland st.
Cambridge line
Public.
40
1*250
Newman place
Cedar st.
Southeasterly
Private.
10+
'ioo
Newton place
Newton st.
Easterly
Private.
about 10
100
Newton
Webster ave.
Concord ave.
Public.
40+
'650
Norfolk
Webster ave.
Cambridge line
Public.
40
200
North
Broadway
Medford line
PubHc.
40
2,550
North Union
Mystic ave.
Northeasterly
Private.
30
'eoo
Norton
Nashua st.
Southeasterly
Private.
20
200
Norwood ave.
Broadway
Medford st.
Public.
40
'350
••
Oak
Prospect St.
Angle
Public.
40
670
Oak
Angle
Cambridge line
Private.
30
'530
Oak St. place
Oak St.
Northerly
Private,
4
85
Oakland ave.
Marshall st.
School St.
Public.
40
440
Olive ave.
Linden ave.
Southeasterly
Private.
2.5
, ,
155
Olive sq.
Lake st.
Southerly
Private.
about 15
, .
100
Oliver
Franklin st.
Cross St.
Pubhc.
40
1,050
Orchard
Cambridge line
Meacham st.
Public.
40
1,625
. .
Osgood
Granite st.
East'ly & West'ly
Private.
40
450
Otis
Cross St.
Wigglesworth st.
Public.
40
1,200
Oxford
School St.
Central st.
Private.
30+
1,330
Oxford
Beacon st.
Cambridge line
Public.
50
"ioo
Packard ave.
Broadway
Medford line
Private.
60
2,000
Palmer ave.
Franklin st.
Northwesterly
Private.
20
200
Park ave.
Elm St.
Wallace st.
Public.
40
'450
Park place
Laurel st.
Easterly
Private.
30
220
Park place
Park pi.
Northeasterly
Private.
20
150
Park
Somerville ave.
Beacon st.
Public.
50
l",300
Parker place
Porter st.
Northwesterly
Private.
20
150
Parker
Washington st.
Fremont ave.
Private.
35
200
Partridge ave.
Vernon st.
Broadway
Public.
40
1,457
Patten ct.
Cutter St.
Southeasterly
Private.
8
'ioo
Paulina
Broadway
Holland st.
Private,
40
775
Pearl
Crescent st.
Mt. Vernon st.
Public.
40
300
Pearl
Mt. Vernon st.
Franklin st.
Public.
50
950
Pearl
Franklin st.
Cross St.
Public,
40
1,025
Pearl
Cross St.
Medford st.
Public.
50
2,475
Pearl St. place
Pearl st.
Northeasterly
Private.
20
*200
*Pearson ave.
Morrison ave.
Boston ave.
Private.
45
1,300
Pembroke ct.
Pembroke st.
Southwesterly
Private.
25
, .
130
Pembroke
Central st.
Sycamore st.
Private.
40
440
Perkins place
Perkins st.
Northeasterly
Private.
20
200
Perkins
Franklin st.
Charlestown line
PubHc.
40
1,350
Pinckney place
Pinckney st.
Southeasterly
Private.
24
'i25
Pinckney
Washington st.
Perkins st.
Public.
40
l",i70
Pitman
Beech st.
Spring St.
Private.
30
'38O
Pitman
Spring St.
Belmont st.
Private.
26
390
Pleasant ave.
Walnut St.
Vinal ave.
PubHc.
40
470
Poplar ct.
Poplar St.
Southeasterly
Private,
10
"80
Poplar
Somerville ave.
Linwood st.
Private,
30
350
Poplar
Linwood st.
Joy St.
Private,
35
300
Porter ave.
Porter st.
Northwesterly
Private,
20
220
Porter place
Porter st.
Northwesterly
Private.
20
195
Porter
Elm St.
Mountain ave.
Public.
45
1,530
Porter
Mountain ave.
Highland ave.
Public.
40
425
Prescott
Summer st.
Highland ave.
Public.
50
1,050
Preston
School St.
Summer st.
Public.
40
800
Professors row
College ave.
Curtis St.
Private.
40
1,900
Propect
Washington st.
Cambridge line
Public.
50
2,050
Prospect Hill ave.
Medford st.
High St.
Public.
40
450
..
Prospect place
Prospect St.
E. Newton st.
Private.
20
130
Proposed,
REPORT OF THE CITY ENGINEER.
475
APPENDIX F. — Contimied.
Street.
\
Putnam
Quincy
Randolph place-
Raymond ave.
Record's place
Reed's ct.
Remick ct.
Richardson
Richdale ave.
Richmond hi'h'ds
Roberts
Robinson
Rogers ave.
Roseland
Rossmore
Rush
Russell
Sacramento
Sanborn ave.
Sargent ave.
Sartwell ave.
Sawyer ave.
School
School
Sellon place
Sewall ct.
Sewall
Shawmut place
Shawmut
Shedd
Sherman place
Sherman
Sibley ct.
Sibley place
Simpson ave.
Skehan
Smith ave.
Snow place
Snow place
Snow terrace
Somerville ave.
Somerville ave.
South
*Southwick ave.
Spring ct.
Spring
Springfield
Stanford terrace
Stickney ave.
Stiles
St. James ave.
Stone ave.
Stone place
Summer
Summit ave.
Summit
Sumner
Sunnyside ave.
Sycamore
Sycamore
From.
To.
Public
or
Private.
Summer st.
Somerville ave.
Cross St.
Curtis St.
Broadway
Oliver st.
Cutter St.
Lowell St.
School St.
Madison st.
Lawrence st.
Central st.
Morrison ave.
Beacon st.
Somerville ave.
Broadway
Elm St.
Somerville ave.
Warren ave.
Broadway
Cedar st.
Packard ave.
Somerville ave.
Highland ave.
Marshall st.
Sewall St.
Grant st.
Shawmut st.
Washington st.
Somerville ave.
Sargent ave.
Somerville ave.
Cutter St.
Cutter St.
Broadway
Dane st.
Beacon st.
Belmont st.
Snow pi.
Jaques st.
E. Cambridge line,
Union sq.
Medford st.
Morrison ave.
Somerville ave.
Somerville ave.
Concord ave.
Beacon st.
Marshall st.
Cameron ave.
Elm St.
Union sq.
Stone ave.
Bow St.
Walnut St.
Elm St.
Lawrence st.
Walnut St.
Broadway
Medford st.
Highland ave.
Summer st.
Westerly
North St.
Southwesterly
Southwesterly
Southeasterly
Lawrence st.
Sycamore st.
Southerly
Northwesterly
Bartlett st.
Broadway
Cambridge line
Washington st.
Flint St.
Cambridge line
Cambridge line
Walnut St.
Mills St.
Cherry st.
Curtis St.
Highland ave.
Broadway
Northwesterly
Southwesterly
Temple st.
Alston St.
Cross St.
Merriam ave.
Marshall st.
Frost ave.
Northwesterly
Northwesterly
Holland st.
Durham st.
' Line st.
Easterly
I Northerly
Southwesterly
! Union sq.
, N. Cambridge line
i Westerly
Boston ave.
I Westerly
I Summer st.
I Cambridge line
I Northeasterly
School St.
Cambridge line
Summer st.
Columbus ave.
Southeasterly
Elm St. i
Vinal ave. |
Billingham st.
Northwesterly
Wigglesworth st
Medford st.
Richdale ave.
Public.
Public.
Private.
Public.
i Private.
t Private.
I Private.
Private.
Public.
Private.
Private.
Public.
Private.
Public.
Private.
Public.
Public.
Private.
Public.
Public.
Pnvate.
Private.
Public.
Public.
Private.
Private.
Public.
Private.
Public.
Private.
Private.
Private.
Private.
Private.
Private.
Private.
Private.
Private.
Private.
Private.
Public.
Public.
Private.
Private.
Private.
PubHc.
Public.
Private.
Private.
Private.
Public.
Public.
Pnvate.
Public.
Pubiic.
Public.
Private.
Private.
Public.
Private.
Width
in
Feet.
Length.
Public. Private.
50
40
15
40
10
20
10
35
40
30
20
40
45
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
35
40
40
50
12
25
40
30
40
40
10
35
10
10
40
30
25-f-
30
25
16
75
70
30
40
20
40
40
20
40
40
40
40
30
45
45
40
20
35
45
40
1,240
700
1,345
875
*582
ioo
1,400
700
2S0
522
1,S70
2,500
615
550
2,300
8,800
1,200
SOO
488
676
r,700
470
262
1,250
244
iio
105
100
480
150
170
1*700
600
400
690
120
190
200
310
250
270
100
100
825
720
200
160
100
120
940
990
200
200
450
200
145
175
250
550
* Proposed.
476
ANNUAL REPORTS.
APPENDIX Y.— Contimied.
Public
or
Width
in
Length.
Street.
From.
To.
Private.
Feet.
Public.
Private.
Sycamore
Richdale ave.
Highland ave.
Private.
33
800
Sidney
Wheatland st.
Temple st.
Private.
40
925
Talbot ave.
Packard ave.
College ave.
Private.
50
1,409
Taunton
So. Wyatt St,
Easterly to angle
Private.
30
170
Taunton
Angle
Marion st.
Private.
20
95
Taylor place
Somerville ave.
Southerly
Private.
15
200
Taylor
Mystic ave.
Sidney st.
Private.
40
310
Temple
Broadway
Mystic ave.
PubHc.
66
1,540
Tenney ct.
Mystic ave.
Northeasterly
Private.
30
400
Tennyson
Forster st.
Medford st.
Public.
40
469
Tennyson
Medford st.
Pembroke st.
Private,
40
'400
Thorndike
Holland st.
Kingston st.
Private.
40
580
Thorpe place
Highland ave.
Southwesterly
Private.
30
450
Thurston
Broadway
Richdale ave.
Public.
40
1,660
Tower ct.
Tyler st.
Northeasterly
Private.
25
150
Tower
Crown St.
Highland ave.
Private.
40
550
Tremont place
Tremont st.
Southeasterly
Private.
about 10
..
75
Tremont
Webster ave.
Cambridge line
Public.
40
589
Trull
Vernon st.
Medford st.
Public.
40
1,050
Trull lane
Highland ave.
Oxford St.
Private.
15
200
Tube Works ct.
Somerville ave.
Southwesterly
Private.
20
150
Tufts
Washington st.
Cross St.
Public.
40
940
Tyler
Vine St.
Dane st.
Public.
40
404
••
Union
Broadway
Mystic ave.
Public.
40
330
, ,
Union place
Linwood st.
Southwesterly
Private.
10
••
100
Veazie
Walnut St.
Bradley st.
Private.
40
..
650
Vernon
Central st.
Jenny Lind ave.
Public.
40
740
Vernon
Jenny Lind ave.
Lowell St.
Private.
80
600
Villa ave.
Winslow ave.
Arlington B. R. R.
Private.
35
. ;
200
Village
Dane st.
Vine St.
Private.
25
370
Vinal ave.
Summer st.
Highland ave.
Public.
45
1,400
Vinal
Richardson st.
Northeasterly
Private.
20
'200
Vine ct.
Vine St.
Northwesterly
Private.
25
140
Vine
Somerville ave.
Hanson st.
Private.
40
780
Vine
Hanson st.
Beacon st.
Private.
25
650
Virginia
Aldrich st.
Jasper st.
Public.
40
405
••
Wade ct.
Cedar st.
Westerly
Private.
20
, ,
180
Waldo
Highland ave.
Hudson St.
Public.
40
287
Wallace
Holland st.
Broadway
Public.
40
1,350
Walnut
Bow St.
Broadway
Public.
40
3,830
Walter place
Walter st.
Southwesterly ■
Private.
40
222
Walter
Walnut St.
Bradley st.
Private.
40
548
Ward
Medford st.
Earl St.
Private.
30
610
Warren ave.
Union sq.
Columbus ave.
Public.
40
650
Warren
Medford st.
Cambridge line
Private.
30
100
Warwick ave.
Warwick st.
Northeasterly
Private.
15
150
Warwick
Cedar st.
Warwick ave.
Public.
40
665
Washington ave.
Washington st.
Northerly
Private.
18
350
Washmgton
Charlestown line
Franklin ave.
Public.
75
1,060
Washington
Franklin ave.
Fitchburg R. R.
Public.
60 to 100
3,870
..
Washington
Fitchburg R. R.
Cambridge line
Public.
60
2,380
..
Water
South St.
Northerly
Private.
25
250
Waverly
Washington st.
Southerly
Private.
35
..
200
Ware
Curtis St.
Northwesterly
Private.
40
700
Webster ave.
Union sq.
Cambridge line
Public.
49.5
1,950
..
Webster
Franklin st.
Cross St.
Public.
40
1,000
Wellington ave.
Walnut St.
Montgomery ave.
Public.
40.
215
..
Wellington ave.
Montgomery ave,
Easterly
Private.
40
85
Wesley pk.
Wesley sq.
Northeasterly
Public.
40
'405
* Proposed.
REPORT OF THE CITY EXGIXEER.
477
APPENDIX F. — Concluded.
PubUc
or
Width
in
Length.
Street.
From.
To.
Private.
Feet.
PubUc.
Private.
Wesley
Pearl st.
Northeast to angle
Private.
40
350
Wesley
Angle
Otis St.
Private.
30
165
West
Broadway
Heath st.
Private.
30
, ,
250
West
Hawthorne st.
Arlington B. R. R.
Private.
30
, ,
590
Westminster •
Broadway
Electric ave.
Private.
40
, .
376
Weston ave.
Clarendon ave.
Broadway
Private.
40
, .
525
Westwood road
Central st.
Benton ave.
Public.
40
487
, .
Wheatland
Broadway
Jaques st.
Public.
40
495
, ,
Wheatland
Jaques st.
Mystic ave.
Private.
40
800
Wheeler
Pinckney st.
Mt. Vernon st.
Private.
40
, ,
269
Whipple
Hawthorne st.
Arlington B. R. R.
Private.
30
575
White
Elm St.
Cambridge line
Private.
20
300
White St. place
White St.
Southeasterly
Private,
20
200
Wigglesworth
Bonair st.
Pearl st.
Private.
40
740
William
Chandler st.
Elm St.
Public.
40
381
Williams ct.
Porter st.
Northwesterly
Private.
30
150
Willoughby
Central st.
Sycamore st.
Private.
30
400
Willow ave.
Elm St.
Broadway
Public.
50
3,440
• •
Willow place
Cambridge line.
South St.
Private.
25
150
*Willowdale
Willow ave.
Easterly
Private.
40
550
Wilson ave.
Broadway
B. &L. R. R.
Private.
20
310
Wilton
Lowell St.
Lawrence st.
Private.
35
470
Windom
Elm St.
Summer st.
Public.
40
'300
Winslow ave.
Elm St.
Grove St.
Public.
40
514
Winslow ave.
Grove st.
Clifton St.
Private.
40
"572
Winter
Elm St.
Holland st.
Private.
30
, ,
430
Winter Hill cir.
Broadway
Northeasterly
Private.
25
177
Winthrop ave.
Broadway
Mystic ave.
Public.
50
1,1T0
Woodbine
Centre st.
Lowell St.
Private.
30
600
*Woods ave.
North St.
Alewife Brook
Private.
40
1,350
Wyatt ct
South Wyatt st.
Westerly
Private.
13
200
Wyatt (South)
Concord ave.
Northerly
Private.
40
400
Wyatt (North)
Washington st.
Southerly
Private.
40
••
350
York terrace
Central St.
Harvard pi.
Public.
40
267
Total . . .
274,240
173,226
Public. 51.9 miles; private, 32. S miles.
* Proposed.
(ao)
478 ANNUAL REPORTS.
APPENDIX G.
Ordinance Regulating City Engineer's Department.
Duties of
committee
on city en-
gineering.
Section 1. The Committee on City Engineering shall
have the care and supervision of the City Engineer's de-
partment, and the appointment and discharge of all as-
sistants employed therein shall be with its approval, and it
shall fix the compensation of every such assistant.
Cityengi- Sect. 2. The Mayor and Aldermen shall annually, as
neer, how •' •' '
elected. soon after their organization as practicable, appoint a city
engineer, who shall hold his office for the term of one year,
unless sooner removed. He shall be removable at the pleas-
ure of the mayor and aldermen, and a vacancy may be filled
at any time for the unexpired term. He shall receive such
compensation as the City Council may determine.
General Sect. 3. Hc shall bc at the head of the department of
duties of -"^
cjfy^engi- city engineering, and shall exercise a general supervision of
all matters within said department. He shall be consulted in
relation to public improvements of every kind, where the
advice of a Civil Engineer would be of service. He shall
have the charge, under the direction and control of the
Committee on City Engineering, of all plans of every kind,
not especially belonging to other departments, and shall keep
the same properly classified and indexed ; and he may make
such rules and regulations concerning the taking of plans from
his office as he may deem necessary to insure their safety.
neer.
Location of
water-
Sect. 4. He shall, under the direction of the Water
plans,' etc. Board, have general supervision of the location of all water-
pipes in the city, and shall make and keep on file in his office
accurate plans of the same, said plans to be carefully preserved
for future reference.
ft^c^Hobe Sect. 5. He shall, either by himself or his assistants,
^g^^^e^'^^^^make such surveys, plans, profiles, estimates, and descriptions
I
REPORT OF THE CITY ENGINEER. 479
as may be required of him by the Mayor, either branch of the
City Council, or any committee thereof ; and he shall per-
form all other such services, and impart such information
concerning any department of the city's affairs, properly re-
lating to the office of City Engineer, as may be required of
him by the Mayor, either branch of the City Council, or any
committee, board, or officer thereof.
Sect. G. He shall take charge of all plans and surveysCityengi-
<^ i- J neer to have
relating to the laying out, widening, extending, or grading of^^argeof
i)i3^ns J etc. J
streets, and the estabhshiner of correct lines for the same, and^o^ laying
' ° ' out, etc., of
of all such structures and public works of the city as the Citystreets.
Council or any committee thereof may direct; and under
their direction he shall prepare all plans and specifications for
the same, and shall prepare, or cause to be prepared, all con-
tracts that they may require, said specifications and contracts
to be approved by the City Solicitor; provided, that nothing in
this section shall be so construed as to authorize him to inter-
fere with existing departments or boards of officers, or with
any that may hereafter be established, whose duties may be
clearly defined.
Sect. 7. He shall give to all applicants, so far as thecity engf-
files and records of his office will permit, any informationnishinfor-
, ,. IT iir !•! mation in
they may desire as to the lines and grades of streets on whichpossession
their estates are situated, or upon which they intend to build ; department,
and all information of this character furnished to owners of
estates, or persons representing them, or to those intending
to build, shall be without charge.
APPENDIX H.
Ordinance Relating to Sewer Department.
Section 1. Main drains or common sewers, which shallcommon
sGwcrs i
be ordered by the Board of Aldermen to be made, shall bes., c. 5b,§i.
laid in such places and manner, and shall be made of such
materials and dimensions, as the Committee on Sewers shall
480 ANNUAL REPORTS.
direct, unless the Mayor and Aldermen specially determine
otherwise.
Every sewer or drain, laid in any land, or street, or way,
public or private, opened, or proposed to be opened, for
public travel and accommodation, for the purpose of draining
more than one estate, shall be deemed to be a common
To be laid scwcr, and no such common sewer shall be laid or connected
only by
city. with any existing common sewer, except by the city. No
person shall cut into, interfere with, or obstruct a main drain
or common sewer, or shall enter, or attempt to enter, a private
or other drain or sewer therein, or into any private drain
connecting with any main drain or common sewer, except
in accordance with a permit in writing from the City
Engineer.
Landtaken Sect. 2. When land is taken for the purpose of con-
lor sewers.
P.S., c. 50, structing a main drain or common sewer, the proceedings
shall be the same as provided in chapter fifteen of these
ordinances in regard to the laying out of streets or ways in
the city.
Entrance of Sect. 3. Said committec shall have full power to direct
private ^
drains into ^nd coutrol the placcs and manner of entering^ all private
mam ^ ox
drains. drains into such main drains or common sewers.
Committee Sect. 4. The Committee on Sewers shall have the direc-
on sewers.
tion and control, subject to the orders of the Board of Alder-
men, of all the main drains and common sewers of the city,
and of the construction, maintenai:»ce, repairs, and use of the
same.
The City Engineer, under the direction of the Committee
on Sewers, shall have the supervision and control of the con-
struction, alteration, repairs, and maintenance of such drains
neSto^^" ai^d sewers, and all appurtenances thereto and connections
constmc- therewith ; and when sewers are constructed he shall cause
Snf*^'' °^ accurate plans thereof to be made, representing their loca-
tion, depth, and materials, with a ''section plan" of each
sewer, indicating its size, shape, thickness, and construction,
REPORT OF THE CITY ENGINEER. 481
and he shall cause to be shown by said plans all existing con-
nections with said sewers, and all future connections as they
are made.
The location of all catch-basins shall be under the direc-
tion of the City Engineer.
The City Engineer and Clerk of the Committee on Sewers
shall, on the last day of each calendar week, prepare pay-rolls
made up to the end of such week, of all employees in the
Sewer Department required by law to be paid weekly, and
present the same to the Chairman of the Committee on
Sewers for approval, and on the last day of each month (or
as soon as practicable, not exceeding four days thereafter)
shall prepare pay-rolls for other labor and materials purchasedpay-roiisof
in the Sewer Department, and present the same with the billSpaTtment.
to the Committee on Sewers. 399. ''
Sect. 5. Whenever any street is opened for the laying of^Pg"^^"!^®^
pipes for water, gas, or other purposes, or for the prosecution^a^^'P^ip^^'^^
of any works of construction, such laying of pipes and the^'<^-
work connected therewith, or such work of construction, shall
be so executed as not to obstruct in anv wav the course,
capacity, or construction of a common sewer ; and whenever
pipes for any purpose or any work of construction are found to
exist at such a depth or in such a location as to interfere with
any existing sewer, or with the building of any common sewer
of the required size and at the proper depth and grades, the
department, corporation, or person maintaining the same
shall, upon notice thereof, at once remove, change, or alter
said pipe or pipes, or other works, in such manner as the City
Engineer may direct. If such department, corporation, or
person neglects to comply immediately with the terms of such
notification, the City Engineer may make such removal,
change, or alteration, and the cost thereof shall be paid by
such department, corporation, or person.
Sect. 6. The Committee on Sewers shall keep an accu- Committee
. , on sewers to
rate account of the cost of each mam dram or common sewerkeep ac-
count of
constructed, and make report thereof to the Board of Alder-cost, and re-
port.
men.
482 ANNUAL REPORTS.
Sewer as-
Sect. 7. The Board of Aldermen shall make assessments
trbe^made ^^^ ^^^ main drains or common sewers heretofore constructed
afde°men°^ or reconstructcd by the city, the expenses of which have not
R s., c. 50 already been assessed and collected, in the same manner as
for those which may hereafter be constructed ; and the City
Engineer shall render all the services and perform all the
duties in regard to the main drains or common sewers hereto-
fore constructed, the expenses of which have not already been
assessed and collected, which he is required to render and
perform in regard to those hereafter" to be constructed.
Apportion- Sect. 8. In makinsj assessments for constructing or re-
ment of ° ^
sewer as- pairing main drains or common sewers, the Board of Aldermen
sessments.
P. s., c. 50, may deduct from the expenses such part as they may deem
expedient, to be charged to, and paid by, the city, and shall
apportion and assess the remainder, or the whole, if no de-
duction be made, upon the persons and estates benefited by
the main drains or common sewers, either by the entry
of their drains thereinto, or by any more remote means, and
shall prescribe when such assessment shall be paid.
Sewer as- Sect. 9. The Board of Aldermen shall deliver a list of
sessments
to be given such asscssmeiits, when made, to the Collector of Taxes, for
to collector
forcoiiec- collection, who shall forthwith, in writing, demand the same
tion. p. S., ' JO)
c. 50, §5. of the parties liable, and proceed in the collection thereof, in
the manner prescribed by law.
Size, mate-
Sect. 10. Every drain which enters into any common
rials', etc., scwcr in any Street shall be built of such size and materials,
of drains.
P. s.,c. 80, in such direction, at such grade, and in such manner as shall
be satisfactory to the Committee on Sewers, and with a due
observance of all regulations of the Board of Health, so far
as applicable thereto ; and every opening into such common
sewer for the purpose of connecting a drain therewith, and
the repairs of every drain laid from any house, building,
cellar, or land to such common sewer, and every opening into
such drain, and all openings and excavations in any street for
Srtobe^' the purpose of constructing or repairing any private drain,
REPORT OF THE CITY ENGINEER.
483
shall be made by a person licensed in writing for that purpose^^^°^^^-_^
by the Board of Aldermen, and by no other person. § ^-•
All licenses under this chapter shall expire on the first day
of May annually, unless sooner revoked by the Board of
Aldermen,
Sect. 11. Any person licensed as provided in the pre-^^^J^g'^^^^"
ceding section shall, before performing any work authorized^^^^p^^^'
thereby, execute a bond to the city, in such sum as the Board*^- ^^' § ■^^•
of Aldermen may prescribe, with one or more sureties, satis-
factory to them, conditioned that he will properly make the
openings into all common sewers opened by him ; that he
will construct or repair the drains to be connected by him
with the common sewers or with other drains, in a thorough
and workmanlike manner; that he wdll leave no material or
obstruction of any description in the sewer w^hich he may
open, or in any drain leading into any sewer ; that he will
properly close up the excavation, and restore the earth and
pavement taken up, and regrade and repave the street, and
put it in good and proper condition, and remove all super-
fluous material, all to the satisfaction of the superintendent -
of streets; and if he fails so to do, or if at any time within
one year from the date of the completion of* any drain, the
surface of the street shall settle or otherwise become unsafe
for public travel, then the Superintendent of Streets shall re-
pave and regrade the street at the expense of the said drain
layer, and within five days thereafter deliver a bill of the
same to the treasurer for collection, and said drain layer shall
immediately pay the same, and he shall not be entitled to
receive another permit until the said bill and all other bills
of expense incurred by the city on account of his negligence
or default, shall be paid in full ; also, that he will cause a
sufficient fence to be placed so as to enclose the excavation,
and the earth, stone, and other materials which may be put
into the street, and that he will maintain such fence during
the whole time such excavation, earth, or other material may
obstruct the street, and will cause a sufficient number of
lighted lanterns to be maintained in suitable places over such
484 ANNUAL REPORTS.
excavation, earth, material, and fence, from the beginning of
twihght every evening and through every night during the
time such obstruction in the street may exist ; and, further,
that he will comply with the ordinances which may be at any
time in force in relation to sewers, drains, and streets, and
with such orders and regulations as the Board of Aldermen
have adopted, or may from time to time adopt, for the gov-
ernment of persons Hcensed to construct or repair private
drains, or open or dig in the streets for that purpose ; and
that he will indemnify and save harmless the city from all
damages, costs, and expenses which it may incur or sustain,
by reason of any and all injuries resulting to any one in per-
son or property, from the neglect or carelessness of himself
or his servants in opening, closing, making, or repairing any
sewer or drain, in performing work connected therewith, or
in properly fencing, or in lighting by night any excavation or
obstruction caused or made by him or his servants, or which
the city may incur or sustain in any manner by reason of the
excavation or construction of any sewer or drain by him or
his servants or agents, or any work or acts performed or done
by him or them connected therewith.
No licensed drain layer shall perform any piece of work
such as is specified in section ten of this ordinance, without
first obtaining a written permit therefor from the City Engi-
neer J and he shall in all cases comply with every condition
of such permit.
Penalty for Sect. 12. Whocver shall employ any person not licensed
employing -"■ -^ ■' '-
unlicensed |;o lay private drains in this city, to perform any work such
layer. ^s is Specified in section ten of this ordinance, shall be liable
for all damages caused by such person, as well as to the pen-
alty hereinafter provided.
Owners of Sect. 13. Any real estate, to the owner or owners of
private
drains not towMch pcrmission has been or may be ^iven to construct pri-
be exempt ^ y o
from assess- yatc drains for such estate, shall not by the construction of
ment for
common such private drains be exempted from any assessment law-
sewers.
fully imposed for constructing common sewers in the same
vicinity.
REPORT OF THE CUT ENGINEER. 485
Sect. 14. No drain connecting with a common sewer, P^^^'^^i^^-
° 'ject to the
subject to the action of the tide-water, shall be constructed^"^°^9,^^^®
■' ' tide to have
without a plug or clapper to prevent completely the reflux oM^s or
drainage matter, storm or tide-waters.
Sect: 15. No exhaust from steam-ensrines and no blow-E'^^^^s^
'-' blow-on.
off from steam-boilers shall be connected with any common
sewer or private drain.
Sect. 16. No person shall place or deposit in any catch- p^^^J^.^o"^
^ c r J intertermg,
basin any animal or vegetable matter, sohd or liquid, or any^^^^-'^^i^h
other filthy substance, or any solid matter of any kind.
Sect. 17. Any person who shall violate any of the pro-^.^^^'^y ^°^
•' ^ '' ^ violation 01
visions of this ordinance shall be liable to a penalty of not°'''i^°^°"-
more than twenty dollars.
REPORT
OF THE
COMMITTEE ON FIRE DEPARTMENT.
CITY OF SOMERVILLE.
In Board of Aldermen, January 30, 1895.
Referred to Committee on Printing, to be printed in the Annual Reports^
Sent down for concurrence.
GEORGE I. VINCENT, Clerk.
In Common Council, January 30, 1895.
Referred to Committee on Printing, to be printed in the Annual Reports^
in concurrence.
CHARLES S. ROBERTSON, Clerk.
CITY OF SOMERVILLE.
In Cojnbiittee ox Fire Department,
January 1, 1895.
To THE City Council of Somerville : —
The Committee on Fire Department presents the following report
for the year 1894 : —
The manual force of the department consists of one hundred and
two men, including the Chief and assistant engineers, and the acting
call ladder-men on Ladder Company No. 2, who have not as yet
received full appointment.
The apparatus in service consists of three steam fire engines —
one of which is held in reserve, two ladder trucks, five hose wagons,
one combination chemical and hose wagon, and one chemical engine ;
one ladder truck and the chemical engine being additional apparatus
purchased and placed in active service during the year by authority
of the City Council. The chemical engine was purchased in pur-
suance of an order dated March 28, 1894, of S. F. Hayward & Co.,
for the sum of $1,825, and was received and placed in active service
July 1, 1894. Its value to the city and citizens has on several oc-
casions been clearly demonstrated, the fires in a number of houses
having been extinguished by the chemical engine alone, thereby pre-
venting large losses which would have occurred had the houses been
flooded with water.
The ladder truck was purchased in pursuance of an order dated
June 13, 1894, of the Combination Ladder Co., for the sum of S2,250,
and was received and placed in service December 1. The truck pur-
chased is what is known as the "Seagrave Truck," the truck itself and
all the ladders being trussed ; they are therefore made lighter, and con-
490 ANNUAL REPORTS.
sequently easier to handle and operate. The workmanship of the
whole apparatus is first class, and your committee believes it to be a
valuable addition to the department.
LAND FOR ENGINE HOUSE, WARD ONE.
In pursuance of an order, dated March 28, 1894, there was pur-
chased of Frank Jones and George H. Goodwin, trustees, a lot of land
at the corner of Broadway and Franklin street extension, containing
eight thousand, two hundred and seventy-nine feet, for the sum of
$6,000.
CENTRAL FIRE STATION.
Under authority of orders of the City Council, dated March 28,
May 23, and June 13, plans prepared by Aaron H. Gould, architect,
were accepted for the Central Fire Station, proposals received and
contracts awarded to George M. Starbird for its construction, for the
sum of $24,875, and to the Smith & Anthony Co. for heating, for the
sum of $993.
Work was begun under the contract the last of May, and the
building was completed December 31, although it was to have been
finished December 1. The delay was occasioned by the putting in of
a granite foundation instead of blue stone, the committee considering
the granite preferable to blue stone, the change being secured at no
extra cost to the city.
The committee is of the opinion that the city has in its Central
Fire Station a building surpassed by none for the purpose designed.
It is as strongly and substantially built as any ever built within the
city limits, and is commodious and convenient in its arrangement.
It is designed not only for the immediate wants of the department,
but also for its future needs. Ample facihties for growth in the de-
mands of the fire-alarm system are provided in the arrangement of the
battery and the battery room, which are estimated sufficient for the
next fifty years.
By an order, dated June 13, the committee was authorized to pur-
chase a new fire-alarm repeater, galvometers, and other apparatus
connected therewith ; to change the number of fire-alarm circuits ;
1
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON FIRE DEPARTMENT. 491
and also purchase a new bell, furniture, etc., for the new station.
Acting under said order a new eight-circuit repeater was purchased
of the Gamewell Fire Alarm Co., the fire-alarm circuits were increased
from three to six, and a new bell weighing three thousand and forty-
two pounds was purchased of the Blake Bell Co., and placed in the
tower of the new station.
HOOK AND LADDER STATION.
By authority of orders, dated March 28, May 23, and June 13,
plans prepared by Loring & Phipps, architects, were accepted for a
Hook and Ladder Station, on Highland avenue, proposals received,
and contracts awarded to George M. Starbird for its construction, for
the sum of $9,541.96, and to Albert B. Franklin for heating apparatus
for the sum of S494. The construction of the building was begun
the first of June, and was completed November 25.
Both the Central Fire Station and Hook and Ladder Station were
occupied and used by the department as soon as completed.
FIRE-ALARM BOXES.
Now that ample provision has been made for the fire-alarm bat-
tery, your committee would recommend the purchase of a reasonable
number of new fire-alarm boxes, to be distributed over the city. A
prompt alarm insures a promptness in reaching a fire, which is im-
possible unless fire-alarm boxes are within easy reach of every one.
FIRE-ALARM TELEGRAPH.
The experience of the past year in the matter of the care and
custody of the fire-alarm telegraph leads your committee to recom-
mend that it be placed entirely in the hands of the Committee on
Fire Department and the Chief Engineer, and that they be held re-
sponsible therefor. Divided authority is not desirable in such an im-
portant matter, and it would seem by comparison of the expenses of
this year and those of 1892, that considerable saving could be made.
492 ANNUAL REPORTS.
BUILDINGS.
The old buildings used by the department have all been repaired,
and some have been painted inside and out. A new floor, or part of
a new floor, was put into the stable used by Hook and Ladder Co.
No. One^ on Washington street, as there was danger of the horses
falling through. We especially call the attention of the City Council
to this building, which is entirely out of date, and is not adapted to
the wants of the department of to-day. It is the most important fire
station in the city, as it is surrounded by more valuable taxable prop-
erty than any other station. The large buildings in Union square,
the churches and schools in the immediate vicinity, the millions of
dollars worth of property of the North Packing & Provision Co., John
P. Squire & Co., N. E. Dressed Meat & Wool Co., the Fitchburg rail-
road freight yard, the Union Glass Co., the several oil companies,
and other large establishments near by, and on the other side of
Union square, the American Tube Works and Middlesex Heachery are
all within the fire limits of this station.
A proper protection of this valuable area not only requires but de-
mands that a steam fire engine be placed in or near Union square.
Your committee would therefore recommend that a new fire station be
built to accommodate a steam fire engine, hose wagon, and ladder truck,
and would suggest that it be erected on the site now occupied by the
Prospect Hill School.
HYDRANTS.
The recommendations of the committee of last year in the matter
of hydrants, are respectfully referred to you for your consideration.
In conclusion, we submit as the wants of the fire department for
the coming year the following :
New fire-alarm boxes.
New fire station. Ward One.
New fire station in Union square.
More hydrants.
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON FIRE DEPART:MEXT.
493
The appropriation for fire department for the year 1894, was
$43j000 ; the amount paid out was 848,091.13; amounts expended,
over appropriation and credits, 84,961.74.
In the appropriation no provision was made for the new men and
apparatus placed in active service during the year. The salaries of
the new men alone amounted to 81,200.
The bills left ovei from 1893, in accordance with custom, were
considerably more than 83,000, but it was thought best by the com-
mittee, and His Honor, the Mayor, to pay all outstanding bills and
leave the new committee, as far as possible, free from incumbrances.
A detailed statement of appropriations, receipts, and expenditures
is submitted herewith.
FIRE DEPARTMENT ACCOUNT.
Credit.
Apppropriation ....
. 843,000.00
Receipts :
Rebate on telephone rentals .
43.75
For manure sold .
19.00
copper and zinc
66.64
Total credit
,
843,129.39
Debit.
Expenditures :
For salaries of permanent men
salaries of call men
substitute drivers
improvements and repairs of ap-
paratus and vehicles
new vehicles and apparatus
improvements and repairs of
buildings and furniture, and
new furniture ....
A77iounts carried forward .
(31)
818,004.40
8,449.12
2,325.22
846.17
190.00
2,113.10
831,928.01
843,129.39
494
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amounts brought forivard .
jfire-alarm telegraph
hose and repairing hose
supplies . ., .
new horses
grain and feed .
hay and straw .
washing and ironing .
fuel
harnesses and repairing same
horseshoeing
water ....
gas
ice .....
insurance
hand fire extinguishers
horse medicine and doctoring
telephones ....
incidentals
Total debit .
Amount overdrawn
531,928.01
3,571.74
1,261.10
156.84
940.00
880.92
1,610.04
221.48
1,040.53
387.86
568.36
3,359.00
662.82
80.00
447.50
80.99
120.50
90.35
683.09
$43,129.39
$48,091.13
$4,961.74
FIRE DEPARTMENT.— LAND FOR FIRE STATION, WARD
ONE, ACCOUNT.
Appropriation
Credit.
$6,000.00
Debit.
Expenditure :
For land corner Broadway and Frankhn street
$6,000.00
• REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON FIRE DEPARTMENT.
495
FIRE DEPARTMENT.— CENTRAL FIRE STATION, BRASTOW
SCHOOL LOT, ACCOUNT.
Credit.
Appropriation $26,000.00
Debit.
Expenditures :
George M. Starbird, on account
contract .....
$20,000.00
iron H. Gould, architects' ser-
vices .....
921.87
)r water service ....
91.00
iron work .....
11.30
gilding vane ....
39.78
constructing driveway
1,222.48
Total expenditures
822,286.43
Balance unexpended
83,713.57
FIRE DEPARTMENT. — CENTRAL FIRE STATION, ELEC-
TRICAL APPARATUS AND FURNITURE, ACCOUNT.
S5,250.00
Credit.
Appropriation .....
.
Debit.
J_jA.UCilLli LUi Co .
For labor on fire-alarm system
S687.51
fire-alarm wire and cable
271.30
jars, copper, etc.
204.15
fire-alarm bell ....
536.51
horse for use on fire-alarm system
90.00
landing pads for sliding poles
50.00
fire-alarm fixtures, etc.
266.85
Total expenditures
Balance unexpended
2,106.32
§3,143.68
496
ANNUAL REPORTS.
FIRE DEPARTMENT. — HOOK AND LADDER STATION,
HIGHLAND AVENUE, ACCOUNT.
Credit.
Appropriation . .
. . .
$10,000.00
Debit.
Expenditures :
George M. Starbird, on account
contract .....
$7,800.00
George M. Starbird, extra work
388.45
Loring & Phipps, architects' services
477.00
For water service .
26.90
connecting gas .
12.99
gas fixtures
72.00
electric wiring .
77.60
concreting .
218.08
grading
55.68
hardware . . .
20.63
harness and door springs
63.00
taxes on land for 1893
20.15
Total expenditures
. .
9,232.48
Balance unexpended
$767.52
FIRE DEPARTMENT. — HOOK . AND LADDER STATION,
HIGHLAND AVENUE, EQUIPMENTS AND FURNI-
TURE, ACCOUNT.
Appropriation .
Expenditures :
For ladder truck
horses
Credit.
Debit.
$2,250.00
400.00
$3,750.00
Amounts carried forward .
$2,650.00
$3,750.00
REPORT OF THE CO:iBIITTEE ON FIRE DEPARTMENT.
49'
Amounts brought forward .
harnesses and horse clothing
heating apparatus
fire-alarm gong and indicator
hose washing machine
furniture . . . ".
Total expenditures
Balance unexpended
$2,650.00
83,750.00
174.30
497.50
175.00
60.00
162.20
.
3,719.00
.
$31.00
FIRE DEPARTMENT. — CHEMICAL ENGINE AND EQUIP-
MENTS, ACCOUNT.
Appropriation .
Credit.
Debit.
cpenditures :
For chemical engine
. $ 1,825.00
plate for engine .
36.00
hose pipe .
80.00
horses
325.00
harnesses .
136.00
blankets
17.25
carpentering
46.43
water service
32.85
Total credit
$3,000.00
2,498.53
Balance unexpended
8501.4'
For the Committee,
FRANKLIN J. HAMBLIN, Chairman.
WILLIAM P. MITCHELL, Clerk.
REPORT
OF THE
CHIEF ENGINEER OF THE FIRE
DEPARTMENT.
CITY OF SOMERVILLE.
In Board of Aldermen, January 30, 1895.
Referred to Committee on Printing, to be printed in the Annual Reports. Sent
down for concurrence,
GEORGE I. VINCENT, Clerk.
In Common Council, January 30, 1895.
Referred to Committee on Printing, to be printed in the Annual Reports, in
concurrence.
CHARLES S. ROBERTSON, Clerk.
CITY OF SOMERViLLE.
Office of Chief Engineer of Fire Department, I
January 1, 1895. j
To THE Committee on Fire Department : —
Gentlemen : — I herewith present to you a report of the operations
of the Fire Department for the year ending December 31, 1894.
The number of fire alarms during the year was one hundred and
thirty-one, of which one hundred and eight were bell alarms and
twenty-three were still alarms.
The total loss by fire was 879,1-44, and the amount of insurance
covering property was S144,944.
MANUAL FORCE.
The manual force of the department consists of one hundred and
two men ; of this number twenty-two are permanent and eighty are
call men. There are now nine vacancies in the call force.
The manual force of the department is distributed as follows :
One Chief Engineer
One Assistant Engineer
Engine Company No. 1
Engine Company No. 4
Ladder Company No. 1
Ladder Company No. 2
Hose Company No. 1
Hose Company No. 2
Hose Company No. 3
Hose Company No. 5
Chemical Company A
4 permanent
and 10 call
men.
6
'' 8
2
'•' 13
2
'•' 12
1
u 9
1
'•' 9
1
u 9
1
'' 9
3
'•'
502 ANNUAL REPORTS.
OBITUARY.
During the year the department has lost one of its most faithful
members, William A. Perry, who died of hemorrhage at Engine House
No. 1, on November 1. He was driver of Engine No. 1, and had
been a member of the department for ten years.
APPARATUS.
The apparatus in service consists of two steam fire engines, one
chemical engine, four hose wagons, two ladder trucks, and one com-
bination hose, chemical and ladder wagon. There are also one relief
engine, one ladder truck, and two hose reels not in permanent service.
Ladder Truck No. 2 and Chemical Engine A have been added to the
equipment of the department during the past year, and companies
organized to operate them.
BUILDINGS.
The new central fire station which has been erected during the
past year at the junction of Medford street and Highland avenue, has
been built in anticipation of all demands of the department which may
be made for a number of years to come. On the first floor accommo-
dations are furnished for a steam fire engine, hose wagon, chemical
engine, fire-alarm wagon, and chief engineer's wagon, and there is
also ample room for an aerial truck. This is a piece of apparatus
which the city will soon require, as such apparatus is very valuable as
a means of saving life, and a necessity in extinguishing fires in build-
ings three or more stories in height. The second floor of the station
is devoted to sleeping-rooms for the permanent men, a recreation
room, office of the chief engineer, toilet rooms, hay loft, etc. The
third floor is used exclusively for the apparatus connected with the fire-
alarm system, and is divided into an ample and commodious battery
room, a large room for the electrical machinery, and a well-appointed
work room. The building, as a whole, is in every way equal to that
owned by any city in the State, and one in which the citizens of Som-
erville may ustly take pride.
REPORT OF THE CHIEF EXGIXEER OF FIRE DEPARTMENT. 503
A new station has also been erected on Highland avenue, near
Cedar street, for the accommodation of a ladder truck, which is now
in service. This building is also designed to accommodate additional
apparatus, which will soon be required for the western part of the city.
The other buildings of the department are in good condition,
needing only ordinary repairs, with the exception of the wooden
building on Webster street, occupied by Hose Company Xo. 1. This
building, which was erected about 1865 for the accommodation of a
hand hose carriage, has been in constant use, and though extensive
repairs and improvements have been made upon it from time to time,
it would require a considerable expenditure of money lo put. it into
proper condition. I would recommend that only such repairs as are
absolutely necessary to keep it serviceable be made upon it, and that a
new building be erected upon the land owned by the city on Broad-
way, opposite Franklin street.
CIVIL SERVICE.
Under the provisions of Chapter ninety-five of the Acts of the
Legislature of 1893, the Board of Aldermen, on the 28th of June,
1893, passed an order requesting the Civil Service Commissioners to
include in the classified service all permanent members thereafter to
be appointed in this department. Such request having been complied
with, the appointments to the permanent force since the passage of
said order, have been made under the Civil Service rules.
HYDRANTS.
I wish at this time to express my appreciation of the good work
which has been done by the Water Board during the year, in the
location of hydrants. Whereas, until recently, hydrants have been at
considerable distance, one from another, the Board has endeavored to
locate them at as frequent intervals as possible, and with an interven-
ing distance, when possible, of not over three hundred feet.
Obviously this makes a considerable saving in the length of hose
required to reach a fire; the pressure obtained is much stronger and
the streams more effective.
504
ANNUAL REPORTS.
SERVICE PERFORMED BY THE SEVERAL COMPANIES.
Engine Co.
Hose Company.
Ladder
Co.
No. 1.
Chemi-
No. 1.
No. 4.
No. 1.
No. 2.
No. 3.
No. 5.
Co. A.*
Feet of hose used. • . •
11,650
12,600
14,850
8,600
14,650
10,900
Feet of ladders used.
150
1,350
830
135
231
2,955
325
Feet of chemical hose
jj5g(J ,.
9
5,400
28
27
13
12
20
4,400
51
No. of 30-gal. chemical
tanks used
No. of 30 -gal. chemical
tanks used
No. of hand chemical
extinguishers used. •
No. of miles run
165
121
145
91
70
150
213
91
Number of still alarms
an«;wprpf]
8
12
18
3
4
6
4
1
* In service six months.
I desire to extend my sincere thanks to His Honor, the Mayor,
and the Honorable Committee on Fire Department for their support
in all matters appertaining to the department.
Respectfully submitted,
JAMES R. HOPKINS,
Chief of Fu'e Department.
REPORT
OF THE
COMMITTEE ON FUEL AND STREET
LIGHTS.
CITY OF SOMERVILLE.
In Board of Aldermen, January i6, 1895.
Referred to Committee on Printing, to be printed in the xVnnual Reports.
Sent down for concurrence.
GEORGE I. VINCENT, Clerk.
In Common Council, January 16, 1895.
Referred to Committee on Printing, to be printed in the Annual Reports,
in concurrence.
CHARLES S. ROBERTSON, Clerk.
CITY OF SOMERVILLE.
Ix Committee ox Fuel axd Street Lights, I
January 1, 1895. j
To THE ClT\' COUXCIL OF SOMERVILLE :
The following is the final report of the Committee on Fuel and
Street Lights for the year ending December 31, 1894.
Appropriation
SCHOOL FUEL ACCOUNT
Credit.
89,000.00
Fuel removed from Brastow School building 26.75
Total credit
•
Debit.
Expenditures : —
For fuel to Beach Street School
S 43.95
Bell School
417.46
Bennett School
138.99
Bingham School
417.89
Burns School
272.00
Cedar Street School
43.55
Cummings School .
195.25
Davis School
252.76
Amounts carried forward
. 81,781.85
89,026.75
89,026.75
508
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amounts
brought forward
$1,781.85
Durell School
115.00
Edgerly School
1,252.10
Forster School
542.25
Franklin School
228.19
Glines School
546.60
Harvard School
22.97
High School
169.45
Highland School .
825.45
Jackson School
178.26
Knapp School
624.53
Lincoln School
183.35
Morse School
735.26
Pope School
962.46
Prescott School
540.23
Prospect Hill
228.33
Church building (for
school purposes)
11.84
$9,026.75
Total debit
Balance unexpended
,948.12
$78.63
STREET LIGHTS ACCOUNT.
Credit.
Appropriation .... $44,000.00
Receipts for old lanterns . . 165.00
Total credit ..... $44,165.00
Debit.
Expenditures : —
For electric lighting . . $42,648.39
lighting and care of oil lamps 39.60
changing location of electric
lights and poles . . 74.00
Amounts carried forward $42,761.99 $44,165.00
REPORT OF THE COM^IITTEE ON FUEL AND STREET LIGHTS. 509
S42,761.99 844,165.00
Amounts brought forward
instruments for testing electric
lines and lights
moving gas lamp poles
printing ....
car fares ....
Total debit
Balance unexpended
141.25
14.10
34.60
3.90
842,955.84
Sl,209.16
SCHOOL FUEL.
In pursuance of authority conferred on this committee by an
order dated July 11, 1894, contracts were made with Horatio
Wellington & Company, and B. F. Wild & Company, for furnishing
coal, and with the Baker-Hunnewell Company for furnishing wood
until December 31, 1894, at the following prices :
Coal.
Wood.
Furnace.
Egg.
Stove.
Hard.
Soft.
$4.31
$4.31
$4.31
$7.75
85.75
and fuel has been purchased as authorized by said order. The com-
mittee was especially fortunate in securing prices for coal ; the price
being $1.04 per ton less than was paid in the year 1893, while the
price for wood was the same for both years.
STREET LIGHTS.
January 1, 1894, there were in the city three hundred and eighteen
arc, and two hundred and ten incandescent electric lamps, and three
oil lamps.
The three oil lamps, which are located on Boston avenue near the
(32)
510
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Medford line, are on the extreme outskirts of the city, and are cared
for by the Wheeler Reflector Company.
During the year it has been the policy of the committee to sub-
stitute arc for incandescent lights as far as possible, one arc frequently
being of much more service, and lighting much better than several in-
candescents. During the year there have been added thirty arc
lights and twenty-one incandescents, and twenty-three incandescents
have been discontinued, making a total in the city, December 31,
1894, of three hundred and forty-eight arcs and two hundred and
eight incandescents.
The committee has carefully considered the locations of lights so as
to secure the best results, and the locations of many of them have been
changed, so as to light as much as possible in every direction, and it
is recommended that the trees on the highways be trimmed early in
the Spring so that the best possible results may be obtained.
Following is a table showing the number of lamps in the city, the
locations of the same being given in the report of the Superintendent
of Electric Lines and Lights :
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to
ex.
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S 6
s
<U Oh
a; ^— 1
"rt
yA
w 1
C3
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-;:5
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Lamps in the city January 1, 1894, as per
last report . . . . .
3
318
210
531
Erected during the year . . ' .
30
21
51
Discontinued during the year
23
23
Lamps now in service
3
348
208
559
For the Committee,
ISAIAH H. WILEY, Chairman.
WILLIAM P. MITCHELL, Clerk.
REPORT
OF THE
SUPERINTENDENT OF LIGHTS.
CITY OF SOMERVILLE.
In Board of Aldermen, January 30, 1895.
Referred to Committee on Printing, to be printed in the Annual Reports. Sent
down for concurrence.
GEORGE I. VINCENT, Clerk.
In Common Council, January 30, 1895.
Referred to Committee on Printing, to be printed in the Annual Reports,
in concurrence.
CHARLES S. ROBERTSON, Clerk,
CITY OF SOMERVILLE.
Office of Electric Lines and Lights,
CiTT Hall, January 1, 1895.
To His Honor, the Mayor, and the City Council : —
Gentlemen, — I have the honor to submit my report relating to
street lights for the year 1894.
There were in the city on January 1, 1894, five hundred and thirty-
one street lamps. During the year thirty electric arcs and twenty-
one incandescents have been added, and twenty-three incandescents
discontinued, making the number in the city December 31, 1894,
three oil lamps, three hundred and forty-eight electric arcs, and two
hundred and eight incandescents. Three of the arc lights are situated
on city parks, one on Central Hill and two on Broadway.
The arc and incandescent lights are to burn, by teims of the con-
tract made for five years from October 1, 1892, three thousand, eight
hundred and twenty-eight hours in each year. A schedule of the time
of lighting and extinguishing is given to the company each month
by me.
A fine of six cents per hour for arc, and one cent per hour for in-
candescent lights is imposed on the company for all lights out during
the time they should be in service. The way of obtaining the outs is
by the police patrolmen, the best way yet devised, as the police cover
the whole city, and a report from them each morning comes as near
being correct as any that can be obtained without great expense.
At the present time the Electric Light Co. has but one man to
patrol the entire city. This is an insufficient force, and I would again
recommend that the company appoint an additional patrolman. It
could be arranged that these two men should receive from police
headquarters from time to time during the night, the locations of lamps
514 ANNUAL REPORTS.
not burning, as reported by police patrolmen, and by communicating
these outs to the Electric Light Co. a better lighting service could be
rendered the city.
An am-meter and also a volt-meter have been purchased, and tests
in ascertaining the quantity of light have been made.
In many places we are not getting the best results from our lamps
on account of the trees which shade our streets. The only remedy
for this will be a general trimming, which it is hoped will be done
before the trees leaf out in the Spring.
The electric arc lamps in streets are placed as follows : Four upon
iron extensions, which belong to the city; one (in Union Square) on
an iron extension belonging to the West End Street Railway Com-
pany ; three suspended across the street, twenty upon wooden poles,
and three hundred and seventeen upon arms.
REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF LIGHTS.
515
ELECTRIC STREET LIGHTS.
The following table gives the location of lights, their kinds, and
how placed : —
ELECTRIC ARC LIGHTS.
O ^
Adams street, between Broadway and
Medford street
Adrian street, near Knapp School
Albion street, cor. Centre street
Albion street, near Cedar street
Albion street, near No. 104
Alpine street
Ames street, opp. Miner street
Appleton street, cor. Newberne street
Arlington street, near Hathorn street
Arthur street, between Broadway and
Bonair .....
Ashland street, cor. Sartwell avenue
Auburn avenue, in front of estate No. 21
Austin street, cor. Benedict street
Avon street, near School street .
Bartlett street, opp. Robinson street
Beach street, at bend
Beach street, near Spring street .
Beacon street, between Sacramento and
Harris streets
Beacon street, cor. Kent street
Beacon street, cor. Sacramento street
Beacon street, cor. Smith avenue
Beacon street, cor. Washington street
Beacon street, opp. Buckingham street
Beacon street, opp. Concord avenue
Beacon street, opp. Forest street
Beacon street, opp. Ivaloo street
Beacon street, opp. Park street .
Belmont street, cor. Belmont place
Benton avenue, opp. Gibbens street
Berkeley street, cor. Hersey street
Bonair street, cor. Arthur street .
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
516
ANNUAL REPORTS.
ELECTRIC STREET LIGHTS.— Continued.
ELECTRIC ARC LIGHTS.
l\<
Bond street, at elbow
Boston street, cor. Greenville street
Boston street, cor. Prospect Hill avenue
Bow street, cor. Bow-street place
Bow street, cor. Walnut street
Bow street, cor. Wesley park
Brastow avenue
Broadway, at Willow Bridge over B. &
L. R. R
Broadway, cor. Adams street
Broadway, cor. Benedict avenue
Broadway, cor. Cedar street
Broadway, cor. Dartmouth street
Broadway, cor. Elm street .
Broadway, cor. Endicott avenue
Broadway, cor. Fenwick avenue .
Broadway, cor. Holland street
Broadway, cor. Main street
Broadway, cor. Marshall street
Broadway, cor. Medford street .
Broadway, cor. North street
Broadway, opp. Packard avenue
Broadway, cor. Union street
Broadway, cor. Wallace street
Broadway, cor. Willow avenue
Broadway, front of estate No. 285
Broadway, opp. Cross street
Broadway, opp. Franklin street .
Broadway, opp. Glen street
Broadway, opp. Partridge avenue
Broadway, opp. School street
Broadway Parkway
Cameron avenue, cor. Mead street
Carlton street, cor. Lake street .
Cedar street, opp. Clyde street .
Central street, at Berkeley street
Central street, between estates No. 192
and 194
REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF LIGHTS.
517
ELECTRIC STREET LIGHTS.— Continued.
ELECTRIC ARC LIGHTS.
Bonner avenue
Warren avenue
Central street, cor. York terrace
Central street, opp. Albion street
Central street, opp. Forster street
Central street, opp. Vernon street
Chandler street, near Chapel street
Chandler street, near WilHam street
Chauncey avenue
Cherry street, opp. Sartvvell avenue
Chestnut street .
Church street
Claremon street
Clarendon avenue
Columbia street
Columbus avenue, cor
Columbus avenue, cor
Concord avenue, at Leon street .
Concord avenue, at Springfield street
Concord square, opp. Knapp School
Cottage avenue, in front of estate No. 21
Craigie street
Crescent street, cor. Pearl street
Crocker street, at Hospital
Cross street, at Lowell Railroad Bridge
Cross street, cor. Oliver street
Cross street, cor. Otis street
Cross street, cor. Pearl street
Cross street, opp. estate Xo. 62 .
Curtis street, cor. Professors' Row
Curtis street, opp. Fairmount avenue
Cutter street, near Sibley court .
Cypress street, between Central and
Beech street .
Dana street, cor. Otis street
Dane street, opp. Dane avenue
Davis square
Day street, cor. Orchard street
Day street, opp. Herbert street
518
ANNUAL REPORTS.
ELECTRIC STREET LIGHTS.— Cojtifi'mied.
ELECTRIC ARC LIGHTS.
Delaware street, at elbow
Dimick street, cor. Buckingham street
Dover street, at Glover circle
Elm street, at White street
Elm street, cor. Chester street
Elm street, cor. Elston street
Elm street, cor. Kenwood street
Elm street, cor. Mossland street
Elm street, cor. Russell street
Elm street, cor. William street .
Elm street, cor. Willow avenue
Elm street, opp. Davenport street
Elm street, opp. Morrison street
Elm street, opp. Porter street
Elm street, opp. Winter street
Elm wood street, in front of escate No
22
Everett avenue, opp. estate No. 23
Evergreen avenue, at Dartmouth street
Evergreen avenue, at Marshall street
Evergreen avenue, at School street
Evergreen avenue, at Thurston street
Fanning avenue, cor. Lexington avenue
Flint street, opp. Flint place
Flint street, opp. Rush street
Florence street, between estates No. 33
and 35 .
Fountain avenue, opp. estate No. 12
Francesca avenue, between Elm street
and Liberty avenue
Franklin street, opp. Flint street
Franklin street, opp. Perkins street
Fremont street, between estates No. 11
and 17 .
Frost avenue, at bend
Oilman square ....
Oilman street, cor. Aldrich street
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REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF LIGHTS.
519
ELECTRIC STREET LIGHTS.— Continued.
ELECTRIC ARC LIGHTS.
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Oilman street, opp. Jasper street
Glen street, cor. Flint street
Glen street, opp. Brook street
Gorham street, cor. Howard street
Grand View avenue
Grant street, cor. Sewall street
Greene street, at bend
Hall avenue, between Elm street and
Liberty avenue
Hancock street ....
Harrison street, junction Mondamin
court .....
Harvard street, cor. Harvard place
Heath street, cor. Bond street
Heath street, opp. estate No. 44
High street, opp. Prospect Hill avenue
Highland avenue, at Central street
Highland avenue, cor. Belmont street
Highland avenue, cor. Cedar street
Highland avenue, cor. Cherry street
Highland avenue, cor. Grove street
Highland avenue, cor. Medford street
Highland avenue, cor. Porter street
Highland avenue, cor. School street
Highland avenue, cor. Walnut street
Highland avenue, cor. West street
Highland avenue, cor. Willow avenue
Highland avenue, opp. Prescott street
Highland avenue, opp. Trull lane
Holland street, cor. Cameron avenue
Holland street, opp. Gorham street
Holland street, opp. Wallace street
Hudson street, at bend
Hudson street, near Benton avenue
Hudson street, cor. Lowell street
Irving street, near Holland street
Jaques street, cor. Temple street
520
ANNUAL REPORTS.
ELECTRIC STREET LIGHTS.— Continued.
ELECTRIC ARC LIGHTS.
Jay Street, between Holland street, and
Howard street ....
Jenny Lind avenue, between Medford
and Vernon streets
Joy street, cor. Leonard place
Kidder avenue, cor. Liberty avenue
Kingston street, opp. Campbell Park
Laurel street, near Greene street
Lincoln street, at Lincoln avenue
Linden avenue, cor. Linden place
Linden avenue, near Elm street .
Linwood street, between Poplar and
Washington streets
Linwood street, cor. Poplar street
Lowell street, between Summer street
and Somerville avenue
Lowell street, cor. Fiske avenue .
Lowell street, opp. Wilton street
Madison street ....
Main street, cor. Moreland street
Maple street ....
Marion street, cor. Cook street .
Marshall street, cor. Stickney avenue
Marshall street, opp. Howe street
Meacham street, opp. Kingston street
Medford street, at Central square
Medford street, cor. Central street
Medford street, cor. Essex street
Medford street, cor. Greenville street
Medford street, cor. Jenny Lind avenue
Medford street, cor. Norwood avenue
Medford street, cor. School street
Medford street, cor. Somerville avenue
Medford street, cor. South street
Medford street, cor. Sycamore street .
Medford street, cor. Thurston street .
Medford street, cor. Walnut street
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REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF LIGHTS.
521
ELECTRIC STREET LIGHTS.— Continued.
ELECTRIC ARC LIGHTS.
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Medford street, in front of estate No
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Miller street
Montrose street
Moore street, cor. Mead street
Morgan street, at bend
Morrison street, opp. Clifton street
Morrison street, opp. Grove street
Morrison street, opp. Rogers avenue
Mt. Pleasant street
Mt. Vernon street, at Lincoln avenue
Myrtle street, at top of hill
Myrtle street, near Washington street
Mystic avenue, near Medford line
Mystic avenue, cor. Middlesex avenue
Mystic avenue, cor. North Union street
Mystic street (ward 1)
Newton street, cor. Joseph street
Newbury street ....
Oak street, at bend
Oakland avenue, cor. School street
Oliver street, cor. Glen street
Orchard street, cor. Chester street
Orchard street, cor. Dover street
Orchard street, cor. Russell street
Park avenue, opp. Chandler street
Park street, between Somerville avenue
and Fitchburg railroad
Parker street, cor. Fremont avenue
Partridge avenue, between T^Iedford and
Vernon streets
Pearl street, cor. Aldrich street
Pearl street, cor. Bradley street
Pearl street, cor. Florence street
Pearl street, cor. Franklin street
Pearl street, cor. Glen street
5 22 ANNUAL REPORTS.
ELECTRIC STREET LIGHTS.— Continued.
ELECTRIC ARC LIGHTS.
Pearl street, cor. Mt. Vernon street
Pearl street, cor. Walnut street .
Perkins street, cor. Mt. Pleasant street
Perkins street, opp. Pinckney street
Pinckney street, between Pearl and
Washington streets
Prescott street ....
Preston street, near School street
Professors' Row, at College avenue
Professors' Row, at Packard avenue
Professors' Row, opp. new street
Prospect street, cor. Prospect place
Prospect street, opp. Oak street .
Putnam street, midway betw^een High
land avenue and Summer street
Quincy street, midway Somerville ave
nue and Summer street .
Richardson street, opp. Henderson
street .....
Richdale avenue, opp. Lee street
Rossmore street, midway between Som-
erville avenue and Washington street
Rush street, cor. Brook street
Sargent avenue, cor. Sherman place
School street, opp. Berkeley street
School street, opp. Montrose street
Springfield street, opp. Houghton street
Somerville avenue, at Central street
Somerville avenue, at Craigie street
Somerville avenue, at Fitchburg rail
road bridge ....
Somerville avenue, at Fitchburg R. R
crossing ....
Somerville avenue, at Spring street
Somerville avenue, cor. Franklin court
Somerville avenue, cor. Granite street
Somerville avenue, cor. Laurel street
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523
ELECTRIC STREET LIGHTS.— Continued.
ELECTRIC ARC LIGHTS.
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Somerville avenue, cor. Prospect street
Somerville avenue, cor. Sacramento
street .....
Somerville avenue, cor. School street
Somerville avenue, cor. Washington st
Somerville avenue, near Bow street
Somerville avenue, near Mystic street
Somerville avenue, near oil works at
Fitchburg railroad crossing
Somerville avenue, opp. Hawkins street
Somerville avenue, opp. Poplar street
Spring street, near estate No. 42
St. James avenue
Summer street, cor. Belmont street
Summer street, cor. Benton avenue
Summer street, cor. Cedar street
Summer street, cor. Central street
Summer street, cor. Cherry street
Summer street, cor. Porter street
Summer street, cor. Prescott street
Summer street, cor. Preston street
Summer street, cor. Putnam street
Summer street, cor. School street
Summer street, cor. Spring street
Summer street, cor. Vinal avenue
Summer street, cor. Willow avenue
Summer street, opp. Windom street
Summit street, cor. Billingham street
Svcamore street, in front of estate No
' 141
Svcamore street, cor. Montrose street
Sycamore street, near Highland avenue
Temple street, cor. Sewall street
Temple street, opp. Derby street
Tennyson street, between Forster and
Medford streets . . . .
Thorndike street . . . .
524 ANNUAL REPORTS.
ELECTRIC STREET LIGHTS.— Continued.
ELECTRIC ARC LIGHTS.
Tremont street .
Tufts street, cor. Glen street
Union square .....
Vernon street, cor. Trull street
Vinal avenue, opp. Aldersey street
Vinal avenue, opp. Pleasant avenue
Vine street, cor. Eliot street
Wallace street ....
Walnut street, cor. Aldersey street
Walnut street, cor. Columbus avenue
Walnut street, opp. Mills street .
Walnut street, cor. Summit avenue
Ware street ....
Warren avenue, cor. Sanborn avenue
Washington street, at Fitchburg rail
road bridge ....
Washington street, at Medford street
Washington street, cor. Bonner avenue
Washington street, cor. Bowdoin street
Washington street, cor. Calvin street .
Washington street, cor. Florence street
Washington street, cor. Mt. Vernon
street ......
Washington street, cor. Mystic street .
Washington street, cor. Washington
avenue . . . . . .
Washington street, opp. Franklin street
Washington street, opp. Joy street
Washington street, opp. Kingman court
Washington street, opp. Tufts street
Webster avenue, junct. Newton street at
Fitchburg railroad . . . .
Webster avenue, opp. Everett street .
Webster avenue, opp. Norfolk street .
Webster avenue, opp. Prospect street .
Webster street, opp. Cutter street
Webster street, opp. Rush street
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REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF LIGHTS.
525
ELECTRIC STREET LIGHTS.— Condt^ded.
ELECTRIC ARC LIGHTS.
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Wellington avenue, opp. Montgomery
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Wheatland street, cor. Jaques street
Wigglesworth street, cor. Otis street
Willow avenue, opp. Morrison street
Wilton street, cor. Lawrence street
Winslow avenue, cor. Grove street
Wyatt street ....
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3
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526 ANNUAL REPORTS.
LOCATIONS OF INCANDESCENT LIGHTS.
LOCATION.
Allen street, at end.
Allen street, near Somerville ave.
Arnold court.
Autumn street, cor. Louisburg pi.
Belmont street, between Highland
avenue and Summer street.
Belmont street, cor. Snow place.
Benedict street, between Nos. 3
and 5.
Bleachery Court (2).
Bolton street.
Bolton street, corner Oak street.
Bonair street, corner Cross street.
Bonair street, cor. Melvin street.
Bonair street, corner Wigglesworth
street.
Bonair street, in front of No. 85.
Boston street, corner High street.
Bow street place.
Bowdoin street, at Fremont ave.
Bradford avenue.
Broadway, between Liberty and
Willow avenues.
Broadway, near Arlington line.
Broadway place.
Cedar avenue, cor. Linden avenue.
Cedar street,at Lowell R.R. bridge.
Cedar street, at railroad crossing.
Cedar street, corner Hall avenue.
Cedar street, opposite No. 14.
Cedar street, opposite Sartwell ave.
Central St., at Lowell R.R. bridge.
Central street, opp. Hudson street.
Chapel court.
Chester avenue, opposite No. 19.
Chester place.
Claremon street, near Mead street.
Clark street.
Clyde street, cor. Murdock street.
College avenue (2).
Columbia street, opp. Casey court.
LOCATION.
Concord avenue, between Concord
square and Prospect street.
Cooney street, corner Line street.
Craigie street, opposite No. 74.
Crescent street, opposite No. 10.
Curtis street, between Weare street
and Raymond avenue.
Dane avenue (2).
Dane street, at Fitchburg railroad.
Dane street, corner Frost avenue.
Day street, opposite No. 38.
Dell street.
Dickinson street, opposite Ham-
mond street.
Ellsworth street, between Cross
and Rush streets.
Elm place, near westerly end.
Elm street, corner Chapel street.
Emerson street.
Everett street, opposite Emerson
street.
Fairmount avenue.
Fitchburg street.
Flint street.
Florence street, between Perkins
and Pearl streets.
Forster street, cor. Tennyson st.
Franklin avenue.
Franklin street, between Washing-
ington street and Hadley court.
Franklin street, cor. Oliver street.
Garden court (2).
George street.
Giles place. •
Oilman street, between iVldrich
and Cross streets.
Oilman street, cor. Walnut street.
Glen street, between Pearl and
Flint streets.
Granite street, opp. Knapp street.
Hall street.
REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF LIGHTS. 527
LOCATIONS OF INCANDESCENT LIGHTS.— Co7i^inue^.
LOCATION.
LOCATION.
Hamlet street (2).
Hanson street, cor. Durham street.
Hanson street, cor. Skehan street.
Harris street, near Beacon street.
Hawkins street, cor. Lake street.
Heath street, opposite West street.
Hillside avenue.
Hinckley street, opp. Fiske ave.
Holt place, corner Oak street.
Homer square.
Houghton street, opp. Bolton st.
Howe street, corner School street.
Irving street (o).
Ivaloo street.
James street.
Jaques street, between Grant and
Temple streets.
Jaques street, between Temple
and Bond streets.
Jerome street, at bend.
Joseph street, corner Adrian street.
Joy street, opposite No. 68.
Kent court (2).
Kent street, at railroad.
Kingman court.
Lake street, between Hawkins and
Carlton streets.
Lake street, cor. South Church st.
Lake street, corner Oliver square.
Laurel street, opposite No. 27.
Leon street, at Dickinson street.
Lester terrace.
Line street, between Cambridge
line and Smith avenue.
Line street, between Cooney street
and Smith avenue.
Line street, cor. Smith avenue.
Line street, near Washington st.
Linden street (2).
Linvvood street, near Washington
street.
London street.
Loring street, at end.
Loring street, cor. Somerville ave.
Lowell street, cor. Richardson st.
Lowell street, cor. Vernon street.
Madison street, near School street.
Maple avenue.
Marshall street, cor. Sherman ct.
Mason avenue.
May place.
McGregor place.
Meacham street, opp. Orchard st.
Medford St., at Fitchburg railroad.
Medford street, at J. P. Squires'
factory.
Medford street, cor. Adams street.
Medford street, opp. N. E. Dressed
Meat and Wool Co.'s works.
Mills street, at Sargent ave.
Mills street, opp. No. 23.
Mossland street, between Elm and
Somerville avenue.
Munroe street, between Bigelow
and Greenville streets.
Munroe street, between Boston
street and Prospect Hill avenue.
Munroe street, between Walnut
and Bigelow streets.
Murdock street (2).
Myrtle street, between Perkins
and Pearl streets.
]\Iystic avenue, cor. Austin street.
Mystic avenue, near Boston line.
Oakland avenue, opposite No. 10.
Otis street, opposite No. 25.
Oxford street, between Hersey
and Central streets.
Oxford street, between Trull Lane
and School street.
Oxford street, cor. Hersey street.
Park street, cor. Ivaloo street.
528 ANNUAL REPORTS.
LOCATIONS OF INCANDESCENT LIGHTS.— Conc/utfe^.
LOCATION.
Pearl street, between Franklin
street, and Hillside avenue.
Pearl street, corner Rush street.
Pearl street place.
Pembroke st., near Sycamore st.
Perkins place.
Perkins street, cor. Mt. Vernon st.
Perkins street, opp. Florence st.
Perkins street, opposite Myrtle st.
Pitman street.
Pleasant avenue.
Poplar street, opp. Chestnut street.
Porter street, cor. Williams court.
Prospect street, between Oak
street and Cambridge line.
Putnam street, opposite No. 65.
Richdale avenue.
School street, between Preston
and Osgood streets.
School street, opposite Landers
street.
Sherman street.
Skehan street, at end.
Skehan street, corner Dane street.
Somerville avenue, at Beach street.
Somerville avenue, at Belmont st.
South street, cor. Hunting street.
Summer street, between Harvard
and Central streets.
Summer street, corner Craigie st.
Stickney avenue, opposite No. 8.
Stickney avenue, opposite No. 24.
LOCATION.
Stone avenue, near Columbus ave.
Summit avenue.
Sunnyside avenue.
Sycamore street, cor. Madison st.
Sycamore street, opp. Forster st.
Tenney court.
Thorpe place (2).
Tufts street, corner Dell place.
Tyler street, opposite Tower court.
Vernon street, cor. Jenny Lind ave.
Vernon street, opp. Bartlett st.
Vernon street, opposite Miner st.
Vine street, near Beacon street.
Vine street, opposite Hanson st.
Vine street, opposite Tyler street.
Virginia street (2).
Waldo street.
Walnut street, corner Veazie st.
Walnut street, near Bow street.
Walnut street, near Broadway.
Ward street, at end.
Warwick street (2).
Washington street, cor. Hanson st.
Washington street, cor. Wyatt st.
W^averly street, at end.
Webster street, near Franklin st.
Wesley park.
Wesley park, opposite No. 1 1.
Wesley street, at end.
Wesley street, near Pearl street.
Wilson avenue.
Wyatt street, corner Cook street.
Respectfully submitted,
LEIGHTON W. MANNING,
Superintendent of Electric Lines and Lights.
REPORT
OF THE
COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC PROPERTY
CITY OF SOMERVILLE.
In Board of Aldermen, January i6, 1895
Referred to Committee on Printing, to be printed in the Annual Reports.
Sent down for concurrence.
GEORGE I. VINCENT, Clerk.
In Common Council, January 16, 1895.
Accepted, in concurrence, and referred to the Committee on Printing, to be
printed in the Annual Reports,
CHARLES S. ROBERTSON, Clerk.
CITY OF SOMERVILLE.
Ix CO-MMITTEE ON PUBLIC PrOPERIT, I
January 1, 1895. |
To THE City Coun'cil of Soisierville : —
The Committee on Public Property presents the following report
for the year 1894 : —
POLICE STATION INCIDENTALS ACCOUNT.
Credit.
Appropriation
.
$3,500.00
Transfer from Schoolhouse Incidentals
account .
.
600.00
Receipts for rent of armory
.
300.00
Receipts for old junk
, ,
7.00
Total credit .
•
Debit.
Expenditures : —
For janitor's salary .
• •
$ 850.00
gas .
.
921.77
fuel .
.
387.50
water
.
92.40
insurance .
.
300.00
disinfectant
.
27.33
repairs and improvements of
buildings and furniture .
2,341.66
incidentals
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46.14
Total debit .
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Amount overdraw
n
$4,407.00
4,966.80
S559.80
532
ANNUAL REPORTS.
SCHOOLHOUSE INCIDENTALS.
Credit.
Appropriation ... . $12,000.00
Received from Dana W. Bennett : —
rebate on insurance . . 61.80
Received from Hartford Steam Boiler
Insurance Co. : —
rebate on insurance . . 50.00
Received from sale of old iron . 1.00
Total credit .
•
Debit.
Transfer to Police Station Incidentals
account .....
% 600.00
Expenditures : —
For repairs . . . .
7,251.70
improvements .
1,089.89
furniture ....
1,326.04
repairing furniture
455.56
repairing heating apparatus
1,447.60
repairing blackboards
143.94
insurance ....
2,036.94
emptying privy vaults
48.00
heat, rent, etc. ( Superintend-
ent of Schools' office)
334.75
setting edgestones at Durell
School ....
88.34
concrete walks .
468.00
moving furniture from Web-
ster School
44.00
adjusting Webster School-
house insurance
22.50
school supplies .
269.55
books and printing
15.00
A^nounis carried forward
$15,641.81
2,112.80
$12,112.80.
REPORT OF IHE CO^DIITTEE OX PUBLIC PROPERTY.
533
A77iounts brought forward
For care of church for school
purposes
carriage hire
incidentals
Total debit
Amount overdrawn
S15,641.81
812,112.80
25.00
32.50
23.08
.
15,722.39
.
83,609.59
The expenditures at the various schoolhouses were as follows :
Beech
Street.
Repairs .
^
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829.02
Repairing
heating
apparatus
39.70
Luther
V
. Belt.
Repairs .
,
• • .
81,097.14
Improvements
.
94.00
Furniture
.
.
206.53
Repairing
furniture
.
65.70
Repairing
heating
apparatus
35.87
Repairing
blackboards
14.81
Insurance
•
.
50.00
8 68.72
1,564.05
Bennett.
Repairs ....
Repairing heating apparatus
Removing night soil
866.74
77.64
20.00
164.38
Amount carried forward
81,797.15
534
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amount brought forward
SI, 797. 15
Bingham.
Repairs
$868.76
Improvements
70.20
Furniture
76.75
Repairing furniture
100.75
Repairing heating apparatus
5.10
Insurance
125.00
1 946 56
Burns.
X j^iryj 9tJ \J
Repairs ....
,
$ 73.89
Repairing heating apparatus
.
121.75
Insurance
•
50.00
245 64
Cedar Street.
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Repairs ....
,
$21.61
Repairing heating apparatus
.
16.97
Removing night soil
•
8.00
46 58
Cummings.
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Repairs ....
.
$112.86
Furniture . . .
.
21.33
Repairing heating apparatus
.
102.11
Insurance
•
202.50
438 80
Davis.
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Repairs ....
.
■ $203.77
Furniture
.
10.18
Repairing furniture
.
88.50
Repairing heating apparatus
.
24.32
Insurance
^ ^
202.50
f .
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A?nount carried forwarc
$4,304.00
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE OX PUBLIC PROPERTY.
535
Amount brought forward .
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84,304.00
Durell.
Repairs ......
$ 23.80
Improvements ....
89.30
Furniture .....
65.42
Insurance .....
loO'.OO
Setting edgestones ....
88.34
416 86
Edgerly.
Tt X V •(J W
Repairs ......
S197.88
Improvements ....
135.00
Furniture .....
173.00
Repairing furniture
14.90
Repairing heating apparatus
60.48
5jsl ^G
Forster.
^*J L % i^\J
Repairs ......
S539.56
Furniture .....
20.40
Repairing furniture
2.50
Blackboards .....
50.25
Repairing heating apparatus
240.80
Insurance .....
50.00
003 51
Frank Im.
tj \J fj 9%J X.
Repairs ......
S551.69
Repairing heating apparatus
111.73
Furniture .....
11.68
Removing night soil
12.00
687 10
G lines.
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Repairs
S145.12
Improvements ....
39.00
Furniture .....
51.53
Repairing heating apparatus
61.80
297 4o
u 'J 1 .ri»y
Amount carried forward .
87,190.18
536 ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amount bt'oiight forward .
Harvard.
Repairs ......
Repairing heating apparatus
Removing night soil
$ (3.13
11.05
8.00
High.
Repairs . . .
$1,593.78
Improvements
257.40
Furniture
225.70
Repairing furniture
7.10
Blackboards .
78.88
Insurance
Highland.
650.00
Repairs ....
$218.12
Furniture
338.13
Repairing furniture
13.38
Repairing heating apparatus
28.10
Laying concrete in yard .
Jackson.
243.00
Repairs ....
.
$229.64
Improvements
.
404.99
Furniturel
.
25.33
Repairing furniture
.
5.50
Repairing heating apparatus
0. S. Knapp.
47.40
•
Repairs ....
.
$194.42
Furniture
.
10.11
Repairing heating apparatus
.
184.34
Insurance
'
450.00
$7,190.18
25.18
2,812.86
840.73
712.86
Amount carried forward
838.87
$12,420.68
REPORT OF THE COIVLMITTEE OX PUBLIC PROPERTY
537
Amount brought foi'ward .
812,420.68
Repairs .
Furniture
Repairing furniture
Repairs ....
Furniture
Repairing furniture
Repairing heating apparatus
Concrete around building
Repairs ....
Repairing heating apparatus
Repairs .
Furniture
Repairing furniture
Repairing heating apparatus
Insurance
Repairs ....
Repairing heating apparatus
Insurance
Lincoln.
Morse.
Pope.
Sp?ing Hilt.
Repairs . . . .
Amount ca rried fo riva rd .
$222.71
5.00
57.40
§424.33
49.83
5.00
112.38
225.00
8108.26
124.23
Pi-escott.
8211.1)7
35.12
94.83
.
8.86
50.00
Prospect Hill.
.
883.15
.
32.97
•
56.94
285.11
816.54
232.49
400.78
173.06
.60
814,329.26
Anioimt brought forward .
•
$14,329.26
Webster.
Repairs . . ...
$26.75
Removing furniture, furnace, etc.
44.00
Adjusting insurance
22.50
Qfl ^n
Superintendent of Schools^ Office.
Rent (11 months, to Nov. 30) . $275.00
Heat 50.00
Repairing furniture . . . 9.75
School supplies (brushes, dusters,
baskets, etc.) .
Books and printing
Care of church for school purposes
Carriage hire ....
Incidentals ....
Transfer to Police Station Incidentals
account . . . . .
Total debit (as above) .
$269.55
15.00
25.00
32.50
23.08
334.75
;14,757.26
365.13
600.00
.5,722.39
SCHOOLHOUSE, ENGLISH HIGH, ACCOUNT.
Credit.
Balance unexpended December 31,
1893
Debit.
Expenditures : —
Walter S. Sampson, on account
contract ....
Walter S. Sampson, extra work .
Amounts carried forward .
$81,482.00
$40,000.00
1,893.40
$41,893.40 $81,482.00
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC PROPERTY.
539
Amounts brought forward . $41,893.40 $81,482.00
Hartwell & Richardson, archi-
tect's services . . . 1,000.00
J. F. Bubert, contract for electric
wiring ..... 500.00
Labor (heating building) . . 254.75
Water service .... 174.18
Referees' services on finish of
woodwork .... 150.00
Sewer assessment . . . 138.00
Insurance .... 75.00
Total expenditures .... 44,185.33
Balance unexpended . . . . $37,296.67
SCHOOLHOUSE, HIGH AND ENGLISH HIGH, HEATING,
VENTILATING AND PLUMBING, ACCOUNT.
Credit.
Appropriated in 1894
$35,000.00
Debit.
Expenditures : —
A. A. Sanborn, on account con-
tract for heating . . . $20,000.00
A. A. Sanborn, extra work . 2,811.74
James Tucker & Sons, on account
contract for plumbing . . 1,700.00
James Tucker & Sons, extra work 740.99
Walter S. Sampson, extra mason
and carpenter work . . 714.94
Air shaft and mason work . 1,235.08
Carpentering .... 183.48
Plastering .... 211.73
Amounts carried forward . . $27,597.96
15,000.00
540
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amounts brought forward
$27
,597.96
$35,000.00
Wire lathing, asbestos packing,
etc. . . . . .
60.07
Wire guards ...
23.20
Water . . . . .
56.40
Gas .....
17.28
Incidentals ....
42.37
Total expenditures
•
•
27,797.28
Balance unexpended
$7,202.72
SCHOOLHOUSE IN WARD FOUR, SOUTH SIDE
FITCHBURG RAILROAD, ACCOUNT.
(George W. Durell School.)
Credit.
Balance unexpended December 31,
1893 $ 4,244.61
Appropriation in 1894 . . . 12,000.00
Total credit $16,244.61
Debit.
Expenditures : —
F. G. Coburn & Co., on account
contract .... $12,065.00
F. G. Coburn & Co., extra work 1,091.83
A. A. Sanborn, on account con-
tract for heating . . . 1,000.00
Samuel D. Kelley, architect's ser-
vices ..... 750.00
Furniture .... 780.50
Insurance .... 7.50
Blackboards .... 270.75
Amounts carried forward . $15,965.58 $16,244.61
REPORT OF THE COM^vIlTTEE OX PUBLIC PROPERTY.
541
Amounts brought forward
%\h
,965.58
816/244.61
Lumber ....
84.82
Carpentering .
68.26
Labor on furniture .
48.75
Incidentals
27.69
Total expenditures
Balance unexpended
16,190.10
854.51
SCHOOLHOUSE, EDGERLY ADDITION, ACCOUNT.
Credit.
Balance unexpended December 81,
1893
$456.67
Appropriated in 1894
2,000.00
Total credit .
•
Debit.
Expenditures : —
Smith Heating and Ventilating
- Company, on account contract
81,696.50
Mason work ....
44.95
Asbestos .....
50.50
Lumber .....
45.24
Total expenditures
Balance unexpended
82,456.67
1,837.19
8619.48
SCHOOLHOUSE, BINGHAM ADDITION, ACCOUNT.
Credit.
Balance unexpended December 31,
1893 $8,290.00
Appropriated in 1894 . . 1,000.00
Total credit .
Amount cari'ied forward
(34)
§9,290.00
89,290.00
542
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amount brought forward .
Debit
Expenditures : —
John Kelley, on account contract
John Kelley, extra work .
A. A. Sanborn, on account con-
tract for heating
Plumbing
Carpentering
Asbestos .
Furniture
Repairing furniture
Moving furniture
Concreting
Total expenditures
Balance unexpended
$9,290.00
;4,482.11
360.88
3,635.84
75.00
8.40
75.33
411.92
25.75
36.24
95.40
9,206.87
$83.13
SCHOOLHOUSE, O. S. KNAPP ADDITION, ACCOUNT.
Credit.
Appropriation
Debit.
Expenditures : —
John Kelley, on account contract. $9,750.00
John Kelley, extra work . . 568.10
Braman, Dow & Co., on account
contract for heating . . 1,000.00
Loring & Phipps, architect's ser-
vices 325.00
Plumbing .... 14.95
Gas fitting . . . . 18.10
Plastering .... 4.25
Grading 8.00
Amounts carried forward . $11,688.40
$15,500.00
$15,500.00
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC PROPERTY. 543
$15,500.00
Amounts brought forward
Furniture ....
Labor on furniture .
Gas .....
Insurance ....
Total expenditures
Balance unexpended
$11,688.40
804.43
67.50
23.13
40.00
12,623.46
S2,876.54
SCHOOL CONTINGENT ACCOUNT.
(Janitors' Salaries.)
Credit.
Appropriation
Debit.
Expenditures : —
For salaries paid janitors .
Balance unexpended
$11,000.00
10,686.13
S313.87
EXPENDITURES BY THIS COMMITTEE FROM MISCEL-
LANEOUS ACCOUNT.
City Hall expenses : —
For electric lighting-
S275.00
gas .
22.27
fuel
183.00
water
22.00
ice ....
35.00
telephone connections
176.90
furniture .
85.83
repairing furniture
30.87
repairs of building
157.34
Amount c a rried forward .
8988.21
544
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amount bj'oitght foi'ward .
$988.21
supplies . . . .
40.62
rent of P. 0. box
4.00
express on bundles
11.90
teaming ashes
16.00
labor . • . . .
47.50
City messengers' team : —
For maintenance
City engineers' team : —
For maintenance
Election expenses-: —
For fitting up voting precincts,
repairs of boxes, fittings, etc.
Care of rooms for elections and
caucuses ....
Rent of rooms for elections and
caucuses ....
Moving band stand
Incidentals
Total expenditures
;301.47
109.00
85.00
11,108.23
606.40
270.00
495.47
20.30
12.50
$2
,512.90
Under a contract made with Walter S. Sampson in 1893 (reported
in the annual report of the committee of last year), work has been
advanced as rapidly as possible on the English High School building,
and the building will probably be completed early in the Spring of
1895. The committee understands, however, that it is the intention
of the School Board not to occupy the building for English High
School purposes until the commencement of the school year of
1895-96. By authority of orders dated July 11 and August 27,
Tespectively, contracts were made with James Tucker Sz: Sons for
$3,137 for plumbing, and with J. F. Bubert for $1,530 for electric
wiring in this buildmg.
In pursuance of an order dated May 9, a contract was made with
A. A. Sanborn for the heating and ventilating apparatus for the High
and Enghsh High School buildings for the sum of $26,306.
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC PROPERTY. 545
In pursuance of authority conferred on this committee by an order
dated February 28, 1894, the church building on Highland avenue
was sold to the First Congregational Society in Somerville for the sum
of $400, said building to be removed on or before August 1, 1894.
The time for removal of the church building was extended by
authority of the City Council to November 5, 1894, and further
extended to March 1, 1895, by which date the building is to be
entirely removed.
As reported by the committee of 1893, proposals were received
for the construction and for the heating and ventilating apparatus for
the schoolhouse in Ward Four, south side of Fitchburg Railroad.
Under authority of orders dated February 28 and April 11, contracts
were made with Frank G. Coburn Sz Co. for the sum of 812,065, and
with A. A. Sanborn for the sum of $1,689, — the first for construction,
and the latter for heating and ventilating apparatus, — the committee of
1893 having recommended that contracts be made with said parties,
they being the lowest bidders. By an order dated March 28, this
school was named the " George W. Durell School." The building was
completed during the Summer, and has been used for school purposes
since the beginning of the Fall term.
In pursuance of an order dated June 13, a contract was made with
the Smith Heating and Ventilating Co. for changing the system
of heating and ventilating apparatus in the Edgerly Schoolhouse, from
furnace to steam ; the amount to be paid for the same to be 82,262,
in which sum is included the sum of $597, being the final payment on
account of the former contract with said company. The change has
been made under said contract, but in the judgment of the committee
the results are not in accordance with the contract, and the apparatus
has not as yet been accepted.
The Bingham Schoolhouse addition, which was commenced by the
committee of 1893, was completed early in the year, and is now in use
for school purposes.
During the year the O. S. Knapp Schoolhouse has been enlarged
by the addition of four rooms, in accordance with plans prepared by
Loring and Phipps, architects. By authority of orders dated May 23
and June 13, contracts were made with John Kelley for construction
for the sum of $13,000, and with Braman, Dow & Co. for heating
and ventilating apparatus for the sum of $1,600. This building
546 ANNUAL REPORTS.
will be ready for occupancy at the beginning of the Spring term of
1895.
In pursuance of an order dated April 25, extensive alterations
have been made in the basement of the police building. Six addi-
tional cells have been constructed, a room prepared for the use of the
matron, and a battery and work room fitted for use in the operation of
the police-signal system.
In the report of the Superintendent of Public Buildings may be
found a detailed statement of repairs and improvements of the school-
houses and public buildings under the care of this committee.
For the Committee,
JOHN ANDREWS, Chairman.
WILLIAM P. MITCHELL, Clerk.
REPORT
OF THE
INSPECTOR OF BUILDINGS
CITY OF SOMERVILLE.
In Board of Aldermen, January 30, 1895.
Referred to Committee on Printing, to be printed in the Annual Reports. Sent
down for concurrence.
GEORGE I. VINCENT, Clerk.
In Common Council, January 30, 1895.
Referred to Committee on Printing, to be printed in the Annual Reports,
in concurrence.
CHARLES S. ROBERTSON, Clerk.
CITY OF SOMERVILLE.
Office of Inspector of Buildings,
January 1, 1895.
To His Honor, the Mayor, and the Ciiy Council : —
Gentlemen, — In accordance with city ordinance the following
report of this department for the year ending December 31, 1894, is
respectfully submitted.
The number of building permits issued during the year was 513,
classified as follows : —
WARDS.
'AL.
1
2
3
4
O
Single dwellings ....
17
47 •
128
126
318
Dwellings in blocks
6
3
8
17
Apartment houses ....
Additions and alterations to buildings
14
3
24
1
19
11
4
68
Stablds
5
16
16
12
49
Stores ......
5
5
20
9
39
Shops ......
Sheds ......
2
2
2
3
1
8
2
Dry House .....
Churches .....
1
1
1
1
2
Manufactories .....
1
1
2
Laundry .......
Business block (brick)
1
1
1
1
Office
1
1
43
18
192
17
513
Frequent examinations have been made of buildings in the course
of construction and those upon which alterations have been made.
550
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Notices have been sent to owners and builders in cases where faulty
construction, violation of ordinance, or danger from fire was dis-
covered, and in all cases, owners and builders have acceded to re-
quests or notices sent, and cheerfully complied with the suggestions of
the Inspector.
Special attention has been given to the following cases :
Building in a dangerous and unsafe condition
Woodwork too near chimney .
Cellar walls improperly constructed (rebuilt)
Boiler setting and chimney unsafe
Woodwork against furnace pipe
Brick wall ordered between buildings .
Brick party wall improperly built (ordinance violated)
Chimney resting on iron columns . . . ,
1
10
3
1
2
1
1
2
The number of city buildings built or additions made thereto is
as follows : —
City stables (built)
. 1
Fire houses (built) .....
. 2
Schoolhouses (built) • . . .
1
Schoolhouses (now building)
. 1
Schoolhouses (additions) ....
. 2
The average dwelling of to-day is being built in a more thorough
manner than that of a few years ago, which means progress and sta-
bility. I would recommend a change in the Building Ordinance,
requiring girts instead of ledger boards for the support of floor
beams.
Under an Act of the Legislature approved June 10, 1893, requir-
ing the Inspector of Buildings to make an appointment of an Inspec-
tor of Plumbing, the Inspector appointed Duncan C. Greene, on May 2,
1894, for the probationary term of six months, in accordance with the
Civil Service rules, and Mr. Greene at once entered upon his duties.
On'November 3, 1894, his appointment was made permanent, and he
will be continued in office under the law until he resigns or otherwise
vacates his office, or is removed for cause. Previous to the appoint-
REPORT OF THE INSPECTOR OF BUILDINGS. 551
ment of Mr. Greene, Mr. Gustavus F. Andrews acted as Inspector of
Plumbing, he having been appointed by me and approved by the
Board of Health.
The laws further require the Inspector to act as one of the Board
of Examiners of plumbers making application for licenses, to examine
all plans for which plumbing permits are to be issued, grant certificates
and permits to do plumbing, and also to fix the amount of compen-
sation of the Inspector of Plumbing. After consultation with the
Finance Committee of the City Council, your Inspector fixed his pay
at $100 per month.
The total number of permits for plumbing was six hundred "and
fifty-two, covering six hundred and forty-six buildings.
Permits for plumbing in new buildings . . 341
Permits for plumbing in old buildings . . . 311
The Inspector of Plumbing reports that six hundred and twenty-
five buildings for which permits to do plumbing were issued, have
been inspected with the following results : —
Number of buildings where the pipes were tested with
water ........ 523
Number of buildings with defective pipe or fittings 71
Faulty construction of waste or vent system . . 49
Faulty connection with drain
Insufficient number of clean-outs .
Vent pipes not carried through the roof
Insufficient number of traps .
11
33
8
26
These violations were pointed out to the plumbers having charge of
the work, and the plumbing was reconstructed in accordance w^th the
provisions of the plumbing ordinance. The Inspector has kept him-
self informed of the condition of the plumbing as the buildings have
progressed, and as necessity required, given directions how the work
should be done.
The following is the total number of licenses and certificates issued
to plumbers during the year, under the Acts of 1893 and 1894, and
receipts for the same paid to the city Treasurer : —
552 ANNUAL REPORTS.
Number of master plumbers' certificates issued 18 Receipts $36.00
^' journeymen '' ''
" master '' licenses
" journeymen '• "
40
a
20.00
'' 15
a
30.00
11
a
5.50
•
. $91.50
uses rejec
ted
. 2
i(
. 2
Total receipts
Applications for master plumbers' licenses rejected
'' journeymen "
Applicants for journeymen plumbers' licenses not ap-
pearing for examination ...... 4
Respectfully submitted,
THOMAS R. ROULSTONE,
Inspector of Buildings.
REPORT
OF THE
SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC
BUILDINGS.
CITY OF SOMERVILLE.
In Board of Aldermen, January 30, 1895.
Referred to Committee on Printing, to be printed in the Annual Reports.
Sent down for concurrence.
GEORGE I. VINCENT, Clerk.
In Common Council, January 30, 1895.
Referred to Committee on Printing, to be printed in the Annual Reports,
in concurrence.
CHARLES S. ROBERTSON, Clerk.
I
CITY OF SOMERVILLE.
Office of Superintendent of Public Buildings, )
January 1, 1895. |
To THE Honorable, the Mayor and the City Council : —
Gentlemen, — In compliance with city ordinance No. nineteen,
section eight, this report is respectfully submitted. Repairs, altera-
tions, and improvements have been made at the Police building, City
Hall, and the several schoolhouses of the city. The following is a
brief summary of the nature of such repairs, etc. : —
Police Station. — Six cells have been constructed in the basement,
a battery room built and fitted with shelves for the jars, and conven-
iences for filling and cleaning the battery. The room formerly used
as a battery room was fitted for the matron's use. K storage room has
been fitted, room for supplies built, and a main trap placed in the
drain outside the building. The room used by the clerk of the court
was enlarged, newly plastered, new hardwood floor laid, cases built
for books and papers, etc.
City Hall, — Slight repairs have been made, such as shellacing
floors, new window cords, etc.
Beech Street School. — The old sanitary building in the yard has
been removed ; seats and desks in one room replaced by those of a
larger size, taken from the Franklin School ; hall was repapered.
Luther V. Bell School. — All the room and hall ceilings have been
whitened, and the walls painted ; dressmg rooms ventilated by open-
ings cut into the hall ; one half the desks and seats in two of the
rooms removed to the Franklin School, and new desks and seats of the
adjustable pattern furnished ; seats and desks in four rooms redressed
and varnished j all the basement windows screened, and additional
concrete laid in the yard.
556 ANNUAL REPORTS.
Bennett School. — New plank walks have been laid, and repairs
made in the janitor's quarters.
Bingham School. — An addition of four rooms has been completed,
and was first occupied in April. The boys' sanitaries have been en-
larged and new sanitaries for the girls built in the east side of the
basement, with an entrance from the yard. In the old part of the
building, the walls and ceilings of the halls and rooms have been
painted and whitened, and the furniture refinished and varnished.
The fence in front of the building has been moved back to conform
with the line of the street.
Burns School. — The boiler has been retubed and the fire-box re-
paired, and platforms built in front of blackboards.
Cedar Street School. — Slight repairs have been made to building,
walks, etc.
Cunimings School. — Rooms have been whitened, and general
repairs made to building.
Davis School. — The ceiling of the furnace room has been
plastered ; chimney topped out, and alterations made in the flues, im-
proving the draft ; desks and chairs in all the rooms refinished and
varnished.
George W. Ditrell School. — This is a four-room brick building
heated by direct and indirect steam. It has been erected during the
year, and was occupied in September. A flagstaff has been placed on
the building, walks laid, and two hundred feet of fence built.
Edgerly School. — The old furnaces have been removed and a
steam heating plant substituted, designed to heat the building by
direct and indirect steam. Slight repairs have been made to doors,
windows, etc.
Fo7'ster School. — Walls and ceilings in four rooms have been
whitened and painted ; one heating boiler retubed ; case for books
built in Principal's office ; slate blackboards put in two of the upper
rooms ; furniture in one room redressed and varnished.
Franklin School. — Ceilings have been replastered ; inside wood-
work and walls painted ; platforms removed, and the furniture
removed from the Bell School put into one of the rooms on the second
floor.
Jacob T. Glines School. — An iron gate has been placed at the
entrance to the ward-room, and slight repairs have been made to the
roof.
REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS. 00/
Harvard School, — Slight repairs have been made to the out-build-
ings and walks.
High School. — The heating and ventilating system in this building
has been entirely remodelled. The two old boilers have been replaced
by three of a larger capacity, designed to heat the new English High
School as well as the old building. By the alteration, drains were cut
off, making it necessary to build new ones, and also to place conduc-
tors on the outside of the building. 2^Iost of the plumbing had to be
taken out and replaced at quite an expense, but nothing has been
done to improve the sanitaries. In addition to the work done by
contract, the city constructed the cold air ducts and heating ducts in
the chemical room and placed a radiator m the upper hall. Slate
blackboards have been put in the recitation rooms.
Highland School. — One room was fitted with new furniture, the old
being too small ; one room has been painted and whitened, and addi-
tional concrete laid in the yard.
Jackso7i School. — The old sanitaries have been removed, and new
ones constructed in the basement, and a portion of the yard has been
graded.
O. S. Knapp School. — An addition to this building of four school-
rooms and a ward-room has been completed during the year. This
part of the building is heated independently from the old part by
direct and indirect steam from one boiler. The old portion of the
building needs extensive repairs.
Lincobi School. — The walls of the rooms were painted ; new tin
put on roofs of porches ; desks and chairs redressed and varnished.
Morse School. — All the outside woodwork and tin roofs have been
painted two coats ; a portion of the boys' yard concreted ; walls of
dressing room and office painted.
Charles G. Pope School. — Slight repairs have been made to the
roof and plumbing.
Prescoit School. — The furniture in four rooms was redressed and
varnished, and dressing rooms painted.
Prospect Hill School. — This building has had but slight repairs.
Spring Hill School. — This building has not been in use for school
purposes, but has been used for storage of old school furniture.
Webster School. — This building was destroyed by fire during the
year 1893. What remained of the old building was sold.
(35)
558 ANNUAL REPORTS.
The usual repairs have been made to out-houses, walks, fences
steps, floors, sanitaries, plumbing, furniture, blackboards, furnaces
stoves, boilers, clocks, doors, windows, roofs, drains, electrical ap-
paratus, etc.
Respectfully submitted,
THOS. R. ROULSTONE,
Supe7"intendent of Public Buildings.
■ \
REPORT
OF THE
INSPECTOR OF MILK.
CITY OF SOMERVILLE.
In Board of Aldermen, January i6, 1895.
Referred to Committee on Printing, to be printed in the Annual Reports.
Sent down for concurrence.
GEORGE I. VINCENT, Clerk.
Reference concurred in.
In Common Council, January 16, 1895.
CHARLES S. ROBERTSON, Clerk.
CITY OF SOMERVILLE.
Office of the Inspector of Milk, )
January 8, 1895. j
To His Honor, the Mayor, and Gentlemen of the City Council : —
Honored Sirs, — Respectfully I submit to you the following brief
report of the work of milk inspection, and the giving of licenses for
the past year.
I have licensed as milk producers, contractors and sellers, two
hundred and twenty-six men. These men handle daily nine thousand
and fifty-nine cans of milk. There are also owned by the various
dealers, five hundred and twenty-eight cows. There are one hundred
and eighty-one wagons running almost constantly through the city, for
the purpose of distributing milk.
I have registered this past year thirty-three new stores. There are
now in the city, four hundred and sixty-two stores where milk is sold.
I have also licensed seventeen men, with wagons, to sell oleomargarine
and other imitations of butter. Total number of milk and oleomarga-
rine licenses, and store registers, equals two hundred and seventy-six.
Therefore, at fifty cents each, one hundred and thirty-eight dollars
have been turned into the city treasury, for which I have the city
treasurer's receipts.
I have examined and tested, during the year, the usual number of
samples of milk, and found them to compare favorably with those of
previous years. Hence there have been no causes for prosecution.
Trusting, gentlemen, that this report will meet with your approval,
I remain respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
THOMAS CUNNINGHAM,
Inspector of Milk.
REPORT
OF THE
INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS AND
PROVISIONS.
CITY OF SOMERVILLE.
In Board of Aldermen, January i6, 1895.
Referred to Committee on Printing, to be printed in the Annual Reports. Sent
down for concurrence.
GEORGE I. VINCENT, Clerk.
Reference concurred in.
In Common Council, January 16, 1895.
CHARLES S. ROBERTSON, Clerk.
CITY OF SOMERVILLE.
Office of the Inspector of Animals and Provisions, ]
January 8, 1895. j
To His Honor, the Mayor, and Gentlemen of the City Council : —
Honored Sirs, — In the month of October I made the usual semi-
annual tour of inspection of all the cattle in the City of Somerville.
There are one hundred and twenty-one owners of the same. Total
number of cattle, four hundred and twenty. There are three hund-
red and ninety-seven cows in milk, twelve cows dry, two bulls, and
nine young stock. From a physical examination all appeared to
be in a very good and healthy condition. At the April examination,
some eight or ten were slightly unwell from various temporary causes.
In October all had recovered. With this sole exception, the report
and examination for April do not differ from the same for October.
There are in the city two establishments where cattle are
slaughtered. The largest one, " The New England Dressed Meat and
Wool Company," is located on Medford street. At this place, in
August and. September, four hundred and fifty-eight cattle were
slaughtered, all in good order ; also three thousand, five hundred and
fifty-nine calves were killed, only nine of which were condemned as
unfit for use. In October, two hundred and fifty-four cattle, and three
thousand, three hundred and seventy-two calves were killed, none of
which were condemned. Since October, until December 31, four
hundred and twenty cattle, and three thousand, three hundred and
forty-six calves have been killed. Of these last, two cattle and eight
calves were condemned and consigned to the tank. Total number of
cattle killed since August equals one thousand, one hundred and thirty-
two, only two of which were unfit for market. Total number of calves
killed since August equals ten thousand, two hundred and seventy-
566
ANNUAL REPORTS.
seven, only seventeen of which were two young and consequently unfit
for market.
Since August this firm have been engaged in transporting cattle and
sheep to Europe. During four months they have shipped thirteen
thousand cattle, and thirty-eight thousand, one hundred and forty-two
sheep. These animals are all inspected before leaving the West, by a
United States Inspector, and again, on arrival here, they are inspected
by a United States Inspector. All the animals that are injured on the
trip are considered unfit to be shipped. These are retained by the
firm, and are slaughtered for market.
All the cattle and calves slaughtered, I am required by the '' State
Board of Cattle Commissioners " to examine.
Hartz Gunsenheiser, of North street, owns a small slaughtering
establishment which has been duly licensed. He has killed during
the year, on an average, about twenty-four cattle and sixty calves per
month ; also sheep in proportion. This place is kept clean and in
good order. Gunsenheiser kills mostly for the Jewish population of
Boston and vicinity.
I have, during the year,, visited about two hundred stores and
markets for groceries and provisions, also fish wagons, and have found
that everything for sale has been all right and fit for use.
This condensed report will give you some idea of the duties re-
quired of your inspector. I sincerely hope, gentlemen, that it will
meet with your approbation.
Very respectfully,
THOMAS CUNNINGHAM,
Inspector of Animals and Provisions.
REPORT
OF THE
SUPERINTENDENT OF ELECTRIC
LINES.
CITY OF SOMERVILLE.
In Board of Aldrmen, January 30, 1895.
Referred to the Committee on Printing, to be printed in the Annual Reports.
Sent down for concurrence.
GEORGE I. VINCENT, Clerk.
In CoMisiON Council, January 30, 1895.
Referred to the Committee on Printing, to be printed in the Annual Reports,
in concurrence.
CHARLES S. ROBERTSON, Clerk.
CITY OF SOMERVILLE.
Office of Superintendent of Electric Lines and Lights,
City Hall, January 1, 1895.
To His Honor, the Mayor, and the Cit\^ Council : —
Gentlemen : — I have the honor to herewith submit the annual
report of the department for the inspection of wires.
In April, 1804, a heavy sleet storm took down a line of fifty-two
round poles on Highland avenue, from Central street to Davis square,
eleven on Broadway, from Lincoln School to Arlington line, nineteen
on Mystic avenue, and eleven on Linwood street. All of these poles
were owned by the New England Telephone Co. These lines were
soon rebuilt, the round poles being replaced by square hard pine poles,
and joint locations being given to the Telephone Co., the Electric
Light Co., and the West End Street Railway Co. as far as practicable.
The Commercial Union Telegraph Co. have rebuilt their line on
Mystic avenue, having been granted locations jointly with the Somer-
ville Electric Light Co. Square hard pine poles have been substituted
for inferior round poles on the following streets, joint locations being
given where it was possible to do so, — Summer street, from Belmont
street to Cutter square. Orchard street, Willow avenue, and Dover
street.
The new English High School, the Central Fire Station, and
Ladder Two House have been wired for electric lighting, and the last
two houses connected with the bridge metallic telephone line which
is used for direct communication between the different departments of
the city.
A number of private residences and stores have been inspected for
electric wiring, and a large number of dead wires have been removed
throughout the city.
570 ANNUAL REPORTS.
FIRE ALARM AND POLICE.
The fire alarm has been transferred from the old engine house on
Highland avenue to the Central Fire Station, the entire upper floor
being devoted to electrical apartments. A large battery room, capable
of holding one thousand jars, provides for the future growth of the
city and affords a relief from the crowded condition that existed in the
old building. A new eight-circuit repeater with two bell circuits com-
bined has been put in. The circuits have been increased from three
to seven, thus affording a better protection to the city. Formerly, if a
break occurred, one third of the city was left unprotected until the
trouble on the line could be remedied ; now, by the running of seven-
teen additional miles of wire, the arrangement of boxes and lessening
of territory covered by each circuit, but a small portion is left unpro-
tected during a break or trouble on the line.
All of the fire-alarm circuit, tapper and telephone lines enter the
building through a cable of thirty conductors.
A bell of three thousand pounds has been placed on the new Cen-
tral Fire Station, also one of two thousand, one hundred and eighty
pounds on Hook and Ladder Two House, Highland avenue. Five
new fire-alarm boxes have been put in circuit during the year. The
fire alarm is one of the best in the State.
Needs of the fire alarm : New boxes in the isolated parts of the
city. A striker to take the place of the bell formerly on the Unitarian
church. Central Hill ; either the old or the new High School would be
a good location for such a striker. A striker on Clarendon Hill, and
also one at Winter Hill. A horse and wagon for use in repairing breaks,
conveying material for general work on the fire and police wires, and
dispatch in reaching trouble on the line is much needed. There is
ample room for this team at the Central Fire Station.
FIRE-ALARM TELEGRAPH.
List of Boxes witk their Numbers and Locations.
12. Junction Somerville avenue and Linwood street.
13. McLean Asylum.
REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF ELECTRIC LINES. 571
14. Cross street, corner of Oilman street.
15. Washington street, corner of Myrtle street.
16. Webster street (Hose House No. 1).
17. Lincoln street, corner of Perkins street.
18. Broadway, corner of Mt. Vernon street.
19. Medford street, corner of Washington street.
112. John P. Squire & Co.'s, Somerville avenue.
113. F. R. R. Freight Yard.
115. Franklin street, opposite Oliver street.
116. Broadway, near Autumn street.
118. Boston & Maine R. R. car shops, near Prison Point.
119. Corner of Somerville avenue and Medford street.
21. Medford street, corner of South street.
23. South street, Howe 6: Putney (Pork House).
24. Webster avenue, opposite Norfolk street.
25. Washington street, corner of Prospect street (Hose House
No. 3).
26. Concord square, corner of Springfield street.
27. Bow street (Police Station).
28. Somerville avenue, corner of Laurel street.
29. Washington street, opposite Dane street.
216. Highland avenue, corner Vinal avenue.
217. Summer street, corner of School street.
221. North Packing and Provision Co.'s, Medford street.
224. Prospect street, near Oak street.
225. Union square, Masonic Building.
227. American Tube Works, Frost avenue.
228. Middlesex Bleachery, Somerville avenue.
231. Boston street, corner of Greenville street.
31. Central Fire Station, Medford street, junction Highland avenue.
32. Bonair street, opposite Dana street.
33. Medford street, corner Dartmouth street.
34. Marshall street (Hose House No. 2).
35. Broadway, junction of Main street.
36. Central street, corner of Vernon street.
37. Magoun square.
38. Cedar street, corner of Clyde street.
331. Oilman square.
572 ANNUAL REPORTS.
332. Pearl street, corner of Aldrich street.
334. Wheatland street, corner of Jaques street.
335. Melrose street, off Mystic avenue.
4. Powder House square.
41. Summer street, corner of Cedar street.
42. Beacon street, corner of Kent street.
43. Beacon street, corner of Harris street.
45. Summer street, opposite Spring street.
46. Elm street, junction Somerville avenue.
46. Duplicate : Hose House No. 5.
47. Highland avenue, corner of Grove street (Engine House
No. 4).
48. Broadway, corner of Curtis street.
49. College Hill (Professors' Row).
421. Highland avenue, corner of Central street.
423. City Hospital, Crocker street.
423. Duplicate : Ladder House No. 2, Highland avenue.
441. Gorham street, corner Howard street.
442. Holland street, opposite Irving street.
443. Davis square.
45. Meacham street, corner Campbell park.
447. Elm street, corner of William street.
55. No School.
6-6-6. Police Call.
7-7-7. Military Call.
5 Blows. Second engine call.
8 Blows. Extra ladder truck call. ■
The battery room at the Police Station has been moved from the
front of the building to the rear, and new battery racks have been
erected. Three additional boxes have been placed in circuit, and the
wires of the Police system have with few exceptions been placed
above all other wires throughout the city.
I would recommend the running of a third wire for the fourth
circuit.
Respectfully submitted,
LEIGHTON W. MANNING,
Superintendent Electric Lines.
REPORT
OF THE
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND
MEASURES.
(36)
CITY OF SOMERVILLE.
In Board of Aldermen, January 30, 1895.
Referred to Committee on Printing, to be printed in the Annual Reports.
Sent down for concurrence.
GEORGE I. VINCENT, Clerk.
In Common Council, January 30, 1895.
Referred to Committee on Printing, to be printed in the Annual Reports,
in concurrence.
CHARLES S. ROBERTSON, Clerk.
CITY OF SOMERVILLE.
Office of Sealer of Weights axd Measures,
151 Central Street, January 29, 1895.
To the Honorable, the Mayor and the City Col'ncil : —
Gentlemen, — The following is respectfully submitted as the first
annual report of the Sealer of Weights and Measures, and is for the
year ending December 31, 1894.
Number of Weights, Measures, axd Balances Tested and Sealed.
Scales ........ 630
Weights
Dry measures
Wet measures
Milk cans
Milk jars
Cream jars .
Oil cans
Coal baskets
Yard sticks .
1,904
676
623
978
36
647
4
30
1
Number of Measures Tested and Contdemned
Dry measures
Wet measures
Coal baskets
43
20
12
Several of the scales were adjusted before sealing, and many of the
weights were first drilled and plugged with lead.
Eleven scales were in need of repair and were tagged, as required
by law, with a card stating that they were inaccurate and not to be
used until sealed, and the card removed by the sealer : such removal
576 ANNUAL REPORTS.
not to be made by any other person, and the scales not to be used
contrary to such provision, under penalty. Nine of these scales were
subsequently submitted to the inspection of the sealer, and were tested
and sealed ; one has not been used since tagged, and the owner of
the other has not as yet communicated with the sealer in regard to it.
The sealer is required by law to give public notice, annually, by ad-
vertisement or posting, to all persons doing business to bring in their
weights, measures and balances to be sealed. This provision has been
complied with each year, and such weights, measures and balances as
have been brought to the sealer have been adjusted, sealed and
recorded.
f^ The law also provides that '* After giving such notice the said sealer
shall go to the houses, stores and shops of persons who neglect to
comply therewith^ and, having entered the same with the assent of the
occupants thereof, shall adjust and seal their weights, measures and
balances."
Until the past year this law has not been observed in Somerville,
because the sealer has not been furnished, as required by another
statute, with the necessary set of standard weights, measures and
balances to enable him to carry out its provisions ; the only set there-
tofore owned by the city being the one kept, as the statutes provide, in
the custody of the city treasurer.
In July last, the sealer was provided with everything requisite for
the full performance of his duties, and he has since made as complete
an inspection of the various places of business and houses which he is
required to visit, as was possible on a first inspection.
The receipts and expenses for the year were as follows : —
Fees collected and paid to city treasurer . $192.28
Expenses, — permanent equipment .
man and team
stamps, and re-cutting same
bill-books and tags
sundries (labor, etc.) .
S51.70
63.25
5.90
9.75
4.92
$135.52
Sealer's salary $100.00
Respectfully,
AMMIEL COLMAN,
Sealer of Weights and Measu7'es,
I
REPORT
OF THE
CITY SOLICITOR
CITY OF SOMERVILLE.
In Board of Aldermen, February 27, 1895.
Referred to Committee on Printing, to be printed in the Annual Reports.
Sent down for concurrence.
GEORGE I. VINCENT, Clerk.
Concurred in.
In Common Council, February 28, 1895.
CHARLES S. ROBERTSON, Clerk.
CITY OF SOMERVILLE.
February 27, 1895.
To THE Honorable, the Mayor axd Citt Council : —
I respectfully submit my report as city solicitor for the year end-
ing December 31, 1894.
The following were the cases pending in the courts during the
year 1894, in which the City of Somerville was a party, and, so far as
disposed of, they were disposed of as hereinafter stated : —
1. Parker vs. Somerville — Before County Commissioners of
Middlesex County. Damages on account of land alleged to have
been taken for a sewer by the city.
2. Squire vs. Somerville — Before Superior Court for Middlesex
County. Damages for conversion of box drain. Dismissed Decem-
ber 17, 1894.
3. Boston &= Lowell R. R. Co. vs. Somerville — Before Superior
Court for Middlesex County. Petition in regard to repairs and recon-
struction of bridges across raibroad location in Somerville, and assess-
ment of expenses thereof.
4. Philbrook vs. Somerville — Before United States Circuit Court.
Action for damages for alleged violation of the Knibbs patent for a
relief valve on steam fire engines. This action was commenced May
20, 1887, and similar actions were brought against other cities.
Somerville and other defendant cities put their cases in the hands of
Livermore & Fish, patent solicitors. The case against the City of
Haverhill was made a test case, and at a hearing, November 14, 1888,
the Court decided for the defendant, and an appeal from that decis-
ion was taken to the United States Supreme Court, which has recently
rendered a decision for the defendant.
5. Kelly vs. Somerville — Before Superior Court for Middlesex
580 ANNUAL REPORTS.
County. Action for personal injuries alleged to have been received
on Somerville avenue, November 25, 1890. Dismissed December
17, 1894.
6. Williams vs. Somerville — Before Superior Court for Middlesex
County. Action for damages on account of alleged injuries to cattle
by the employees of the Gypsy Moth Commission.
7. Cole, Collector, vs. Charles H. North — Before Superior Court
for Suffolk County. Action to recover personal estate taxes for 1890»
8. Mayor and Aldermen of Somerville vs. Fitchburg and Boston
6^ Albany R. R. — Before Superior Court for Middlesex County. Pe-
tition for appointment of commissioners in regard to grade crossings
on Somerville avenue.
9. O'Brien vs. Somerville — Before Superior Court for Middlesex
County. Action for personal injuries alleged to have been received
on Somerville avenue, February 2, 1893. $50 paid in settlement,
February 20, 1894.
10. Reardon vs. Somerville — Before Superior Court for Middlesex
County. Action for personal injuries alleged to have been received
on Somerville avenue, March 11, 1893. Judgment for $225, and
judgment paid.
11. Somerville vs. Gore, et al. — Before Superior Court for Middle-
sex County. Action to recover $200 paid in suit, McCarthy vs. Som-
erville, on account of injuries, on October 31, 1892, on Somerville
avenue.
12. Bevins vs. Somerville — Before Superior Court for Middlesex
County. Action for personal injuries alleged to have been received
on Perkins street, on March 3, 1893. $173 paid in settlement. May
24, 1894.
13. Emerson vs. Somerville — Before Superior Court for Middle-
sex County. Petition for assessment of damages on account of alleged
taking of land and buildings at Nathan Tufts Park. Petition dismissed
at trial, February 13, 1894.
14. Smith vs. Somerville — Before Superior Court for Middlesex
County. Action for injury to horse and carriage, alleged to have been
received on Medford street, on August 28, 1893.
15. White vs. Somerville — Before Superior Court for Middlesex
County. Action for personal injuries alleged to have been received
on September 22, 1892, on Somerville avenue.
REPORT OF THE CUT SOLICITOR. 581
16. Tower VS. Somerville — Before Superior Court for Middlesex
County. Appeal from award for alleged taking of land for sewer on
Tower street.
17. Willardvs. So7nerville — Before Superior Court for Middlesex
County. Action for injuries alleged to have been caused March 1,
1893, to house on corner of Grand View and Vinal avenues by burst-
ing of water pipe. SI 29.90 paid in settlement, December 20, 1894.
18. Graham vs. Somerville — Before Superior Court for Middlesex
County. Action for persona] injuries alleged to have been received
on Franklin street, on December 5, 1892.
19. Symtnes vs. So7nerville — Before County Commissioners of
Middlesex County. Petition for repairs of Mystic avenue.
20. Emerson vs. Somerville — Before Superior Court for Middlesex
County. Petition for assessment of damages on account of alleged
taking of land and buildings at Nathan Tufts Park.
21. Diinick vs. Somerville — Before County Commissioners of
Middlesex County. Petition for laying out of Line street.
22. Veasey vs. Somerville — Before Superior Court for Suffolk
County. Action for personal injuries alleged to have been received
on Summit avenue, on January 31, 1894.
23. Metropolita7i Park Cotnmissioners vs. Somerville — Before
Supreme Judicial Court for Suffolk County. Petition for appoint-
ment of commissioners to assess expense of Metropolitan Park
System.
24. McNa?nara vs. Somerville — Before Superior Court for Middle-
sex County. Action for personal injuries alleged to have been re-
ceived by caving in of trench for water pipe, on ]^larch 31, 1894, on
Elm street.
25. Rowe vs. Somerville — Before Superior Court for Middlesex
County. Action for personal injuries alleged to have been received
on Somerville avenue, on February 28, 1894.
26. Ahearn vs. Somerville — Before Superior Court for Middlesex
County. Action for personal injuries alleged to have been received
on Curtis street, on ^vlarch 2, 1894. 8650 paid in settlement, January
5, 1895.
27. Stevens vs. Somerville — Before Superior Court for Middlesex
County. Appeal from award of damages for land alleged to have
been taken for sewer.
582 ANNUAL REPORTS.
28. Somerville VS. Walker — Before Superior Court for Middlesex
County. Bill in equity to restrain erection of oil works.
29. Edgecofnb vs. Somerville — Before Superior Court for Suffolk
County. Action for personal injuries alleged to have been received on
Washington street, on November 5, 1894.
30. Metropolitan Sewer Commissioners vs. Somerville — Before
Supreme Judicial Court for Suffolk County. Petition for appointment
of commissioners to assess expense of metropolitan sewer system.
31. Reed vs. Somerville — Before Superior Court for Middlesex
County. Action for damages alleged to have been received from the
conducting of sewerage through his premises near Mystic avenue.
32. Stearns vs. Somerville — Before Superior Court for Middlesex
County. Appeal from award of damages for land alleged to have
been taken for sewer.
In many of the cases, which came before the Committee on Claims,
the petitioners were given leave to withdraw, and I need not trouble
you with a recital of them, as we have not heard from them since.
All of which is respectfully submitted,
S. Z. BOWMAN,
City Solicitor.
REPORT
OF THE
CITY CLERK.
CITY OF SOMERVILLE.
In Board of Aldermen, January i6, 1895.
Referred to Committee on Printing, to be printed in the Annual Reports*
Sent down for concurrence.
GEORGE I. VINCENT, Clerk.
In Common Council, January 16, 1895.
Referred to Committee on Printing, to be printed in the Annual Reports,
in concurrence.
CHARLES S. ROBERTSON, Clerk.
CITY OF SOMERVILLE.
Office of the City Clerk, )
January 16, 1895. J
To the Honorable, the Mayor and the City Council : —
Gentlemen, — The following is respectfull}' submitted as the
twenty-third annual report of the City Clerk of the city of Somerville,
and is for the year ending December 31, 1894.
CASH.
The receipts and payments were as follows : —
Receipts.
Balance from year 1893, being for
dog licenses issued in December,
1893,-1 male at $2.00 . . $2.00
1 female at $5.00 . 5.00
$7.00
Less city clerk's fees paid to the
city treasurer in December,
1893, 2 at $0.20 ... .40
For dog licenses issued in 1894 : —
1,227 males at $2.00 . . $2,454.00
3 spayed at 2.00 . . 6.00
120 females at 5.00 . . 600.00
$6.60
3,060.00
Amount carried forward ..... $3,066.60
586 ANNUAL REPORTS.
Aifiouni brought forward ..... $3,066.60
For recording mortgages, assign-
ments, etc., 759 papers . $462.75
certificates of marriage inten-
tions, 552 at $0.50 . . 276.00
furnishing copies of records . 22.75
recording and posting naturaliza-
tion notices, 2 at $0.50 . 1.00
transferring dog license . . . .25
licenses : —
to collect junk, 33 at $2.00 . 66.00
^ for billiard and pool tables and
bowling alleys, 3 licenses, for
10 tables and 3 alleys, 13 at
$2.00 .... 26.00
to auctioneers, 23 at $2.00 . 46.00
for intelligence offices, 8 at
$2.00 .... 16.00
to sell fireworks, m at $1.00 . 66.00
for amusements, 2 at $50.00
and 55 at $1.00 . . 155.00
to street musicians, 25 licenses
for 46 persons at $0.50 . 23.00
for night lunch wagon stands
(permits), 2 at $2.00 . 4.00
to slaughter cattle, 2 at $1.00 2.00
1,166.75
Total receipts ..... $4,233.35
Payments.
To Joseph O. Hayden, county treas-
urer, June 1 and December
1, receipts for dog licenses from
December 1, 1893, to November
30, 1894, both inclusive,
1,225 males at $2.00 . . $2,450.00
Amount carried forward . . $2,450.00
REPORT OF THE CITY CLERK.
587
Amount brought forward
3 spayed at 2.00
121 females at 5.00
Less city clerk's fees, 1,349 at
$0.20
To John F. Cole, city treasurer,
monthly, city clerk's fees for issu-
ing dog licenses, 1,350 at $0.20
All the "receipts" above specified,
except for dog licenses
$2,450.00
6.00
605.00
$3,061.00
269.80
$270.00
1,166.75
Total payments . . . . .
Balance, January 1, 1895, —
receipts for dog licenses issued
in December, —
3 males at $2.00 . . . $6.00
Less city clerk's fees paid to city
treasurer, 3 at $0.20 . . .60
BIRTHS.
Number of births in Somerville in 1894 registered
More than previous year .
Males
Females .....
Born of American parents
'' foreign parents
'' American father and foreign mother
" foreign father and American mother
" parents of unknown nationality
" American mother, and father of unknown
nationality .....
" foreign mother, and father of unknown
nationality . .
Number of cases of twins .....
$2,791.20
1,436.75
$4,227.95
$5.40
.
1,385
.
87
704
681
1,385
507
587
141
143
1
4
2
1,385
9
588
ANNUAL REPORTS.
MARRIAGES.
Number of intention certificates issued
More than previous year
Marriages registered .
More than previous year
Both parties American
'' foreign .
American groom and foreign bride
Foreign groom and American bride
First marriage of
Second marriage of .
Third marriage of
Oldest groom aged .
Oldest bride aged
Youngest groom aged
Youngest bride aged
Youngest couple aged, —
Groom
Bride
DEATHS.
Number of deaths in Somerville in 1894
More than previous year .
Males
Females .....
Under 10 years of age
Between 10 and 20 years of age
" 20 '
' 30 ^'
" 30 '
' 40 ''
" 40 '
' 50 "
« 50 ^
' 60 ''
" 60 '
. 70 u
u 70 ^
' 80 ''
" 80 '
^ 90 "
*' 90 '
^ 100 "
552
, ,
20
.
574
.
2
274
162
73
65
^1 A
couples
O i '±
1,045
96
7
574
couples
.
65
.
QQ
.
18
•
17
18
19
873
.
71
424
449
873
354
26
65
62
55
87
83
93
43
5
«7.q
REPORT OF THE CITY CLERK.
589
Born
in Somerville .....
296
Born in other places m the United States .
351
Of foreign birth .....
222
Birthplace unknown .....
4
Number of deaths in January
82
' "■ February .
QS
' " March
78
' " April . . . .
58
' " May
76
* '' June . . . .
55
July . . .
89
' " August . . . .
77
' " September
68
' " October . . . .
70
' " November
72
' '' December
80
98
873
873
The number of stillbirths recorded during the year was 45.
The causes of death may be found in the report of the Board of
Health.
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590
ANNUAL REPORTS.
VOTERS.
MEN'S LISTS.
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Precinct.
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Ward 1 .
Precinct 1
373
326
34
360
1
361
280
197
" 1 .
« 2
352
297
30
327
—1
326
260
199
" 1 .
" 3
478
407
48
455
455
334
215
" 1 .
4
386
1,589
329
25
354
354
254
133
1,359
137
1,496
1,496
1,128
744
Ward 2 .
Precinct 1
565
521
51
572
2
574
432
338
" 2
2
602
536
53
589
2
591
464
349
" 2 .
« 3
338
307
25
332
1
333
261
151
" 2
4
563
464
49
513
2
515
383
209
" 2
" 5
402
331
30
361
1
362
273
151
2,470
2,159
208
2,367
8
2,375
1,813
1,198
Ward 8 .
Precinct 1
637
570
93
663
2
665
477
382
" 3 .
2
445
402
52
454
2
456
329
261
" 3 .
3
545
514
63
577
5
582
465
379
*' 3 .
4
464
458
92
550
4
554
408
303
2,091
1,944
300
2,244
13
2,257
1,679
1,325
245
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438
408
35
443
443
342
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392
355
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425
425
322
187
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367
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395
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396
326
210
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526
86
612
3
615
458
304
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1,656
219
1,875
4
1,879
1,448
946
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7,943
7,118
864
7,982
25
8,007
6,068
4,213
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Herewith are presented copies of ordinances passed since the
printing of the last annual reports.
GEORGE I. VINCENT,
Ci'fy Cle^k.
ORDINANCES
CITY OF SOMERVILLE.
March 23, 1895.
The following ordinances have been adopted since the printing of the Annual
Reports for the year 1893.
GEORGE I. VINCENT, City Clerk.
CITY OF SOMERVILLE.
No. 51.
Ax Ordinance in Relation to the Institution of Instruction for
Truants.
Be it ordained by the City Council of the City of Somerville^ as fol-
lows : —
Section 1. Section eight of chapter thirteen of the Revised Ordi-
nances of 1891 is hereby amended by striking out the words "The
Lowell Institution for the Reformation of Juvenile Offenders, at
Lowell," and inserting in place thereof, the words, "The Truant
School at North Chelmsford," so that, as amended, said section will
read as follows : Section 8. The Truant School at North Chelmsford,
County of Middlesex, State of Massachusetts, is hereby assigned and
provided as the institution of instruction mentioned in the seventh
section of this ordinance.
Section 2. This ordinance shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved October 16, 1894.
No. 52.
An Ordinance in Relation to the Institution of Instruction for
Truants.
Be it ordained by the City Coujicil of the City of Somerville, as fol-
lows :
Section 1. An ordinance entitled " An Ordinance in Relation to
the Institution of Instruction for Truants," passed to be ordained by
596 ANNUAL REPORTS.
the Common Council, October 11, 1894, and by the Board of Alder-
men, October 16, 1894, and approved by the Mayor, October 16,
1894, is hereby repealed.
Section 2. Section eight of chapter thirteen of the Revised Ordi-
nances of 1891 is hereby amended by striking out the words, ''The
Lowell Institution for the Reformation of Juvenile Offenders at
Lowell, County of Middlesex, State of Massachusetts," and inserting
in place thereof, the words, " The Middlesex County Truant School at
Chelmsford," so that, as amended, said section will read as follows :
Section 8. The Middlesex County Truant School at Chelmsford is
hereby assigned and provided as the institution of instruction men-
tioned in the seventh section of this ordinance.
Section 3. This ordinance shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved December 12, 1894.
No. 53.
An Ordinance to Amend Chapter Eleven of the Revised Ordi-
nances OF 1891, in Relation to the Duties of the
Board of Health.
Be it ordained by the City Council of the City of Somerville, as
follows : —
Section 1. Section three of chapter eleven, entitled "Board of
Health," of the Revised Ordinances of 1891, is hereby amended by
striking out the words " Shall make all contracts for the cleansing of
private cesspools, vaults, and privies, and for the collection, carrying
away, sale, and disposal of the house offal of the city," and substituting
in place thereof, the words, '^ Shall make provision by contracts, or m
such other manner as it shall deem expedient, for the cleansing of
private cesspools, vaults, and privies, and for the collection, carrying
away, sale, and disposal of the house offal, and the ashes and house-
dirt of the city."
Section 2. This ordinance shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved December 26, 1894.
ORDIXANXES. 597
No. 54.
An Ordinance to Amend Section One of Chapter Four of the
Revised Ordinances as Amended by Ordinance Approved
May 17th, 1894, in regard to the Annual Appro-
priation Bill.
Be it ordained by the City Council of the City of Somerville, as fol-
lows : —
Section 1. Section one of chapter four, entitled '' Finance," of the
Revised Ordinances of 1891, as amended by ordinance approved May
7th, 1894, entitled '' An ordinance to amend section one of chapter
four of the Revised Ordinances, in regard to the Annual Appropria-
tion Bill," is hereby amended by inserting after the word " January,"
in the first clause of said section one, the words, "or February," and
by striking out in the second clause of said section one, the words, '' In
or before the first two weeks in the month of February," and inserting
in place thereof, the words, " on or before the fifteenth day of March,"
and by striking out in the third clause of said section one, the words,
" In or before the last two weeks in the month of February," and insert-
ing in place thereof, the words, ''on or before the first day of April."
Section 2. This ordinance shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved March 15, 1895.
No. 55.
An Ordinance in Relation to the Discharge cf Flobert Rifles,
so called, or Air Guns.
Be it ordained by the City Council of the City of Somerville, as fol-
lows : —
Section 1. Section twenty-eight of chapter fifteen, entitled '' High-
ways," of the Revised Ordinances of 1891, is hereby amended in the
first clause thereof, by inserting after the words, '^ Or with powder
598 ANNUAL REPORTS.
only," the words '^ Or any Flobert rifle, so called, or any air gun," so
that, as amended, said clause will read as follows :
" No person shall, except in the performance of some duty requiied
of him by law, discharge any cannon, gun or pistol, or other firearm,
loaded with ball or shot, or with powder only, or any Flobert rifle, so
called, or any air gun ; nor shall any person fire any squib, cracker,
serpent or other preparation whereof gun powder is an ingredient, or
which consists wholly of the same, or make any bonfire on or upon
any street or wharf within the city, except by the authority of the board
of aldermen."
Section 2. This ordinance shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved March 20, 1895.
JURY LIST.
CITY OF SOMERVILLE.
In Board of Mayor and Aldermen, March 27, 1895.
Ordered : —
That, in accordance with the provisions of Section 3, of Chapter 514 of the
Acts of the Legislature of 1894, the City Cleric be, and he is hereby directed to
cause to be published in the Annual Reports of 1894, the jury list of the city, as it
now stands, with the address and occupation of each person whose name is on said
list; the expense incurred to be covered under the contract for printing said Annual-
Reports.
In Board of Aldermen, March 27, 1895.
Read twice and adopted, and sent down for concurrence.
GEORGE I. VINCENT, Clerk.
In Common Council, March 28, 1895.
Read twice, and adopted in concurrence. .
WM. P. MITCHELL, Clerk, pro tern.
Approved March 29, 1895.
WM. H. HODGKINS, Mayor,.
JURY LIST, CITY OF SOMERVILLE.
WARD I, PRECINCT i,
Bishop, Charles H., 5 Pearl street, engineer.
Blunt, Matthew M., 24 Lincoln avenue, draughtsman.
Burrows, Frank B., 29 Mystic avenue, bookkeeper.
Clark, Wilmer B., 8 Benedict street, jeweler.
Clarry, Hiram A., 25 Lincoln avenue, carpenter and builder.
Daniels, Gardner F., 18 Hathorn street, drug broker.
Davis, E. Lester, 8 Mt. Vernon street, burlaps, etc.
Davis, Nathaniel J. K., 13 Mt. Vernon street, bookkeeper.
Delano, John G., 72 Florence street, carpenter.
Dodge, Edwin G., 21 Benedict street, photographer.
Fuller, Edwin V., 26 Tenney court, expressman.
Gilman, Charles S., 11 Hathorn street, teamster.
Goodspeed, Oliver F., 12 Broadway place, restaurant.
Goodwin, Maxwell J., 41 Pearl street, painter.
Grimes, Alexander, 25 Austin street, teamster.
Handy, Henry A., 8 Hathorn street, compositor.
Hosmer, Frederick H., 51 Mt. Vernon street, poultry dealer.
Howe, Herbert P., 91 Perkins street, clerk.
Hutchins, William A., 16 Mt. Vernon street, shoe seam stay manufacturer,
Hutchinson, George H., 9 Broadway place, clerk.
Jenks, Charles A., 14 Benedict street, no occupation.
King, Edward, 7 Union street, shipper.
Kramer, Everett A., no Perkins street, clerk.
Laighton, Mark, 8 Benedict street, carpenter.
Libbey, Hebron A., no Perkins street, real estate agent.
Littlefield, George W., 6 Mt. Vernon street, stair builder.
Lovering, Jonathan P., 86 Myrtle street, mason and builder.
Nickerson, Charles E., 30 Franklin street, salesman.
Otis, Gushing, 51 Broadway, real estate agent.
Peck, Henry A., rear 41 Pearl street, printer.
Rowell, George H., 10 Franklin street, musician.
602 ANNUAL REPORTS.
Seavey, Nathaniel H., 22 Mt. Vernon street, carpenter.
Snow, John C. H., 60 Mt. Vernon street, carpenter.
Starbird, Edward P., 15 Broadway place, salesman.
Stilphen, Eugene, 31 Lincoln avenue, expressman.
Stockbridge, Charles N., 11 Hathorn street, ass't auditor W. E. St. Ry. Co,
Swords, Thomas A., 129 Perkins street, insurance agents.
Tooth aker, Rolan H., 10 Mystic avenue, milk dealer.
Treadwell, Albert L., 117 Perkins street, clerk.
White, Charles M., 48 Mystic avenue, bookkeeper.
Wiley, Benjamin S., 15 Benedict street, teamster.
Wisner, George, 6 Mt. Vernon street, gate tender B. & M. R. R.
WARD I, PRECINCT 2.
Ames, Frank E., 80 Cross street, clerk.
Bartlett, Frank D., 30 Rush street, engineer.
Bean, James S., 7 Bean court, carpenter.
Bearse, Edwin W., 43 Cutter street, restaurant.
Bowers, Frank H., 47 Franklin street, painter.
Byam, William A., 117 Pearl street, soap maker.
Chapman, Henry T. G., 42 Cross street, bookkeeper.
Chase, Frederick D., 6 Ellsworth street, pattern maker.
Clapp, George H., 20 Webster street, foreman.
Colgate, Charles H., 92 Glen street, extract manufacturer.
Cowles, Albert S., 94 Broadway, grocer.
Crosby, W^arrenA., 32 Rush street, fish market.
Davis, Charles S., 94 Pearl street, electrician.
Davis, Fred E., 85 Pearl street, bookkeeper.
Eccles, William F., 100 Broadway, upholsterer.
Emerson, William J., 104 Broadway, boots and shoes.
Fitz, George H., 45 Franklin street, clerk.
Francis, Weston O., 16 Webster street, carpenter.
Giles, Charles E., 24 Webster street, milkman.
Goodspeed, William H., 37 Rush street, dining room.
Hammett, Charles R., 110 Broadway, printer.
Hartwell, Walter C, 6 Cross street, bookkeeper.
Horton, Walter E., 49 Franklin street, trunk m.anufacturer.
Houghton, Edgar W., 3 Hillside avenue, wholesale provision dealer.
Jones, Harry W., 5 Ellsworth street, clerk.
Joslin, Charles E., 33 Webster street, commission merchant.
Knowles, Cyrus B., 38 Glen street, grocer.
Leonard, Eugene C, 107 Pearl street, ladies' tailor.
Littlefield, William E., 95 Pearl street, insurance agent.
Lombard, Henry F., 114 Pearl street, clothing dealer.
JURY LIST. 603
Loveless, Wallace E., 47 Glen street, teamster.
Lund, John Q., 13 Cutter street, printer.
Nichols, John D., 88 Glen street, salesman.
Perkins, Francis C., 8[ Pearl street, salesman.
Pratt, Josiah N., 33 Franklin street, manager.
Prescott, Anson E., 73 Pearl street, plumber.
Prichard, George W., i Bean court, teamster.
Remick, George W., 16 Cutter street, stucco worker.
Robinson, William F., 84 Pearl street, artist.
Scott, Daniel B., 92 Cross stieet, boot maker.
Stodder, William H., 51 Webster street, milkman.
Tarbox, Horace E., 30 Austin street, brick mason.
Thompson, James E., 36 Webster street, electric lignt trimmer.
Tompkins, Charles H., 2 Austin street, locksmith.
Turner, William O., 85 Pearl street, bookkeeper.
Whitton, David E., 78 Pearl street, manufacturer mariners' compasses.
Willard, George F., 15 Franklin street, real estate agent.
WARD I, PRECINCT 3.
Adler, Jacob, 33 Knowlton street, machinist.
Appleton, Frank, 96 Cross street, jeweler.
Ashworth, John, 104 Cross street, mechanical draughts! an.
Benson, Samuel B., 30A Tufts street, grocer.
Colbath, J. Howard, 193 Medford street, janitor.
Dowd, Richard, 30 Pinckney street, stove dealer.
Fisher, Frederick L., i Washington street, travelling salesman.
Fcsdick, Andrew J., 29 1-2 Alston street, agent.
Fosdick, Frederick S., 29 1-2 Alston street, collector.
Galletly, Henry, 7 Franklin avenue, cordage manufacturer.
Gill, Joseph W., 6 Dell street, fish dealer.
Goldthwaite, Jerome L, 82 Mt. Vernon street, clerk.
Harris, Richard J., 18 Pinckney street, fruit dealer.
Henderson, Benjamin H., 60 Franklin street, foreman.
Henderson, William C, 85 Mt. Vernon street, agent.
Kelley, John D., 11 Franklin avenue, painter.
Longfellow, William F., 44 Pearl street, teamster.
Lovell, Edgar R., 11 Pinckney street, grocer.
Mann, Alfred E., 3 Washington avenue, undertaker.
Manser, James E., 69 Myrtle street, watchman.
Mason, Seth, 13 Alston street, collector.
Mills, Arthur B., rear 10 Tufts street, clerk.
Munroe, James, gi Washington street, carpenter.
Nealley, Edwin F., rear 109 Glen street, salesman.
604 ANNUAL REPORTS.
Palmer, Harold P., 40 Flint street, bookkeeper.
Peterson, Edward T., 33 Franklin avenue, janitor.
Pryce, Richard E., 93 Mt. Vernon street, tinsmith.
Rich, John W., rear 81 Mt. Vernon street, agent.
Snow, Albert E., i Pinckney place, fish dealer.
Snow, James R., rear 3 Cottage place, fish, oysters, etc.
Stone, L. Frank, 35 Pinckney street, baker.
Upton, Henry J., 45 Florence street, rubber worker.
Wood, Charles M., 118 Cross street, no occupation.
WARD I, PRECINCT 4.
Anderson, Peter, 34 Joy street, machinist.
Casey, Thomas F., 24 Linwood street, hacks and livery stable.
Corcoran, Timothy J., 105 Linwood street, letter carrier.
Coughlin, William J., 141 Medford street, upholsterer.
Crimmings, Timothy F., 3 Maple street, teamster and contractor.
Cunningham, Owen, 78 Washington street, contractor.
Elkins, John F., 30 Maple street, teamster and contractor.
Farrell, Patrick S., 31 Linwood street, polisher.
Haley, Thomas A., 93 Linwood street, peddler.
Harney, James H., 56 Joy street, clothing cutter. 1
Kelley, Michael A., 23 Joy street, clerk. ■
Linnehan, Cornelius, 55 Linwood street, marketman. ■
Lyons, Timothy J., 14 Chestnut street, horse trader. '
Manning, John, 137 Medford street, safe mover. i
O'Neil, Thomas, 157 Somerville avenue, at N. P. & P. Co. I
Travers, Robert J., 11 Joy place, laborer. ;
White, Maurice J., 52 Linwood street, clerk. j
Wilson, John, 108 Washington street, upholsterer. ]
WARD 2, PRECINCT i.
Ball, Frederick, 6 Sanborn avenue, lumber surveyor.
Bancroft, Edward, 16 Wesley park, barrels.
Baxter, George E., 75 Boston street, lumber dealer.
Briggs, J. Albion, 59 Vinal avenue, real estate and insurance agent.
Burbank, Charles G., 8 Hamlet street, varnish manufacturer.
Butman, Wallace W., 69 Walnut street, tailor.
Clark, J. Abbott, 45 Greenville street, advertising agent " Somerville Journal."
Cutter, George W., Hotel Warren, clerk.
Dodge, Charles A., 29 Columbus avenue, clerk.
Drouet, Ernest Charles, 73 Columbus avenue, superintendent Met. Ins. Co.
Eberle, Philip, 47 Columbus avenue, boots and shoes.
JURY LIST. 605
Felch, Gilbert E., 21 Wesley park, provision dealer.
Fitts, Charles N., 17 Pleasant avenue, with Somerville Citizen.
Flint, Warren F., 18 Wesley park, stove dealer.
Gerts, Lemuel B., 12 Grand View avenue, superintendent.
Hartshorn, William H., 87 Munroe street, extract manufacturer.
Hartwell, Haywood, 'j'j Munroe street, carpenter.
Haven, George D., 181 Washington street, real estate.
Johnson, Benjamin F., 12 Giles park, painter.
Jones, Melville D., 53 Walnut street, iron goods.
Kenny, Miah G., 51 Munroe street, clerk.
Kimball, George A., 7 Munroe street, civil engineer.
Lyons, Jeremiah J., 22 Aldersey street, agent.
Merrill, Ernest W., 13 Pleasant avenue, clerk.
, Miller, Thomas, 'jy Walnut street, nickel plating.
Munroe, George A., 88 Munroe street, lumber dealer.
O'Leary, Arthur A., 45 Vinal avenue, designer.
Pitman, Henry W., 'j'j Columbus avenue, journalist.
Priest, William R., 7 Grand View avenue, horseshoer.
Raymond, Herbert W., 13 Wesley park, paint and oil dealer.
Searles, Charles C, 33 Warren avenue, nurse.
Shepard, Charles I., 62 Vinal avenue, publisher.
Slager, Charles A., Hotel Warren, Union square, carpenter.
Sterritt, Fred D., 68 Columbus avenue, vice-president G.W. Gale Lumber Co.
Trull, Charles Walter, 63 Columbus avenue, machinist.
Vinal, Arthur P., 36 Walnut street, lumber dealer.
Wallburg, Frank, 15 Wesley park, fresco painter. •
Westgate, Frank B., 14 Thorpe place, painter.
Whitaker, George E., 19A. Greenville street, secretary.
Williston, BelvinT., 59 Columbus avenue, draughtsman.
WARD 2, PRECINCT 2.
Adams, Frank H., 46 Summer street, confectioner and caterer.
Armstrong, William M., 91 Summer street, cooper.
Bennett, Dana W., 48 Putnam street, insurance agent.
Blaisdell, William J., 31 Ouincy street, painter.
Bowlby, James L., 70 Berkeley street, teamster.
Brown, Albion H., 14 Putnam street, commission merchant.
Brown, J. Horace, 65 Berkeley street, tinsmith.
Burroughs, William Henry, 11 Landers street, carpenter.
Chandler, Frank H., 493 Somerville avenue, clerk.
Coker, Edward C, 43 Berkeley street, grocer.
Cutter, David, 40 Bow street, watch repairer.
Doten, Benjamin F., 67 Central street, compositor.
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606 ANNUAL REPORTS.
Dyer, Solomon H., 19 Berkeley street, salesman.
Elliot, Charles D., 59 Oxford street, civil engineer.
Field, Egbert L., 39 Berkeley street, travelling salesman.
Foster, Alexander, 45 Laurel street, lumber dealer.
Gregg, David A., 15 Greene street, draughtsman.
Grover, Horace N,, 26 Oxford street, fruit dealer.
Hallock, William G., 22 Greene street, brush manufacturer.
Harwood, Reuben, 33 Avon street, machinist.
Hines, Alfred H., 9 Preston street, mason.
Jackman, Edward N., in Summer street, produce dealer.
Kelley, John, 102 Highland avenue, contractor.
Kingman, Herbert S., 34 Prescott street, butter dealer.
Kneeland, Sylvanus R., Jr., 7 Loring street, yardmaster F. R. R.
Lane, George H., 22 Berkeley street, type finisher.
Lord, William H., 6 Summer street, mason.
Maynard, Lambert M., 90 Highland avenue, milk dealer.
McLaughlin, Amos B., 104 Highland avenue, trader.
Pike, Joseph S., 51 Preston street, shipping agent.
Pratt, George A., 22 Greene street, clerk.
Robinson, George D., 46 Quincy street, carpenter and builder.
Sibley, Lincoln H., 39 Laurel street, expressman.
Smith, Eben E., 40 Summer street, clerk.
Spaulding, Henry A., 24 Quincy street, machinist.
Stamford, John W., 89 Oxford street, glassware.
Swan, Charles F., 17 Greene street, musician and hatter.
Teasdale, Charles, 86 School street, monuments.
Walker, Granville A., 9 Loring street, painter.
Wilder, Warren P., 108 Summer street, cigars.
WARD 2, PRECINCT 3.
Armstrong, William, 17 Dane street, watchman.
Atherton, Adams H., 14 Hawkins street, cooper.
Bedell, Adington D., rear 10 Carlton street, lather.
Bennett, Daniel J., 353 Washington street, harness maker.
Boynton, Amos B., 313 Washington street, salesman.
Bucknam, Davis P., 12 Vine street, mason.
Cunningham, George, Jr., 363 Washington street, painter.
Dewire, Michael B., 411 Washington street, grocer.
Dwyer, Timothy C, 318 Somerville avenue, bookkeeper.
Flynn, Dennis F., 67 Dane street, upholsterer.
Flynn, William H., 67 Dane street, real estate and insurance agent.
Greenleaf, Franklin A., 23 Lake street, paper hanger.
Guild, Frederick B., 36 Lake street, provision dealer.
JURY LIST. 607
Haskell, Albert L., 422 Somerville avenue, printer.
Legallee, Charles A., 4 Olive square, plumber.
McCue, James A., 47 Hanson street, carpet upholsterer.
Moore, George, 45 Dane street, carpenter.
O'Leary, David T., 14 Lake street, confectioner.
O'Neil, Bernard, 373 Washington street, peddler.
Pratt, Edgar J., 8 Park street, tin-plate worker.
Reed, Edward F., 35 Union square, paper hanger.
Streeter, George H., 19 New Church street, clerk.
Wilkins, Albert S., 22 New Church street, carpenter.
WARD 2, PRECINCT 4.
Brine, William H. 40 Houghton street, furniture. -
Brophy, Thomas C, 17 Fremont avenue, travelling salesman.
Garden, Peter I., 14 Kingman court, clerk.
Clark, S. Adams, 11 Clark street, foreman.
Cummings, Charles A., 76 Newton street, welt manufacturer.
Cummings, Harrie R., ']6 Newton rjtreet, welt maker.
Cunningham, Thomas A., 3 Oak street, milk inspector.
Davlin, James F., 15 Kingman court, plumbing, steam and gas-fitter*
Ennis, William H., 16 Bowdoin street, manager.
Fitzpatrick, Philip J., 15 Houghton street, upholsterer and janitor.
Gilberth, Charles A., 58 Concord avenue, travelling salesman.
Harrington, Arthur D., 26 Oak street, clerk.
Haynes, Arthur W., 11 Parker street, salesman.
Hooper, George W., 8 Bolton street, paper hanger.
Ireland, Edwin, 37 Webster avenue, car painter.
Jameson, Robert, 22 Bowdoin street, lunch and billiard hall.
Keefe, Daniel J., 46 Springfield street, plumber.
Kenney, John R., 19 Beacon street, teamster.
Knowles, Benjamin H, 15 Parker street, silk hatter.
McDonnell, Jeremiah B., 38 Concord avenue, printer.
McKusick, Charles T., i Dimick street, bookkeeper.
McKusick, Royal, i Dimick street, watchman.
McLane, James A., 41 Clark street, bill poster.
McLean, William J., 32 Concord avenue, carpenter.
Monahan, John, 30 Line street, milk dealer.
Munroe, Alexander, 33 Webster avenue, grocer.
Osborne, Porter E., 76 Newton street, salesman.
Page, George Amos, 21 Webster avenue, plumber.
Rafferty, Thomas, 30 Oak street, plumber.
Ray, George D., 26 Concord avenue, engineer.
Rogers, Charles W., 14 Oak street, clerk.
608 ANNUAL REPORTS.
Schuebeler, Charles F., 384 Washington street, jeweler.
Sewall, Charles E., 19 Webster avenue, clerk.
Shattuck, Milo P., 14 Bolton street, driver N. P. & P. Co.
Silsbee, Charles W., 87 Concord avenue, printer.
Southwick, Charles A., 28 Clark street, janitor.
Thompson, William H. J., 55 Concord avenue, carpenter.
Walsh, Terrance, 42 Oak street, watchman.
Winterbottom, Israel, 2 Bolton street, clerk.
WARD 2, PRECINCT 5.
Bassett, Albert H., 12 Webster avenue, provision dealer.
Belcher, Horace A., 12 Webster avenue, provision dealer.
Brown, Lyman H., 284 Somerville avenue, livery stable keeper.
Flynn, Edward J., i Tremont place, student.
Gibbs, Charles B., 6 Prospect place, foreman.
Gibbs, Eben, 43 Prospect place, painter.
Guild, Edgar A., 28 Webster avenue, salesman.
Hepburn, James, 226 Somerville avenue, grocer.
Leland, Bainbridge B., 18 Union square, news agent.
Leydon, Michael J., 8 Ward street, stone pointer.
Llewellyn, Edward J., 216 Somerville avenue, variety store and painter.
Mallahan, Thomas, 38 Medford street, laborer.
McAvoy, William J., 24 Charlestown street, vegetable peddler.
McCormack, Frederick J., rear 204 Washington street, umbrella maker.
McGonagle, John J., 14 Linden street, driver N. P. & P. Co.
McGovern, Philip E., 18 Medford street, hack and boarding stable keeper.
MoUoy, John T., 8 MoUoy court, cattle dealer.
Richards, George A., 118 Prospect street, diamond merchant.
Riley, Charles E., 38 Merriam street, clerk.
Spellman, Thomas, 13 Ward street, grease collector.
Staples, Mendall G., 42 Prospect street, teamster.
Thompson, Samuel Herbert, 41 Prospect street, salesman.
Walker, Irason B., 10 Union square, carriage manufacturer and repairer.
WARD 3, PRECINCT i.
Earrett, James, 14 New Cross street, machinist.
Boyer, George R., 29 Wigglesworth street, carpenter and builder.
Erundage, Andrew G., 86 Flint street, lead glazier.
Eurgess, Edward W., 59 Otis street, produce.
Eurrows, Frederick U., 147 Cross street, milkman.
Euttrick, Francis L., 20 Everett avenue, clerk.
Clark, Cyrus D., 30 Everett avenue, sexton.
JURY LIST. 609
Curtis, Edmund W., 176 Broadway, dry goods.
Daniels, Theodore P., 137 Pearl street, showcase maker.
Dodge, John T., Jr., 42 Oilman street, engineer.
Downs, Frank N., 23 Cross street, grocery and provision dealer.
Elkins, Charles H., 18 Auburn avenue, grocer.
Fletcher, James H., 73 Oilman street, cabinet maker.
Gillette, Edward L., 7 Avon place, manufacturer carriage stock.
Orant, Fred, 9 Everett avenue, expressman.
Hanson, William H., 175 Broadway, baker.
Harvey, Edwin 0., 64 Flint street, cab driver.
Hayden, J. Orville, 79 Cross street, auditing clerk.
Hodgdon, Charles H., 2S Dana street, real estate agent.
Hurn, Oeorge F., 12 Autumn street, carpenter and carpet cleaner.
Ingalls, Wilson H., 8 Everett avenue, cooper.
Kauler, Alfred E., 133 Cross street, provision dealer.
King, Charles R., 107 Cross street, clerk.
King, Martin L., 107 Cross street, grocer.
Knapp, Henry E., 141 Walnut street, silversmith.
Litchfield, J. Warren, 181 Broadway, milkman.
Locke, Harry J., 55 Oilman street, clerk.
Lowell, Howard, 46 Oilman street, hack stable and hay and grain dealer.
Lowell, Oliver E., ^j Everett avenue, clerk.
Martin, Alexander, 15 Aldrich street, bootmaker.
McOregor, David L., 139 W^alnut street, real estate agent.
Mills, Hiram R., 170 Pearl street, salesman.
Moore, Herbert C, 11 Wigglesworth street, travelling salesman.
Ray, Frank E., 16 Virginia street, salesman.
Ricker, John K., 14 Virginia street, carpenter and contractor.
Shedd, Xenophon B., 86 Oilman street, chairmaker.
Stuart, Lewis R., 21 Delaware street, variety store.
Underhill, Charles L., 27 Aldrich street, carriage repairing and steel
specialties.
Veazie, William, 135 Walnut street, retired.
WARD 3, PRECINCT 2.
Angier, Lucius B., 77 Derby, coal and hay dealer.
Ayers, Edward, 7 Howe street, no occupation.
Bacon, Fred C, 78 ^Marshall street, clerk.
Bailey, John T., 14 Bradley street, stationery.
Bartlett, Edward T., 51 Marshall street, salesman.
Bement, William B., 87 Temple street, paperhanger.
Curtis, Oeorge W., 44 Jaques street, fish dealer.
Davis, Albert M., 16 Chauncey avenue, teamster.
610 ANNUAL REPORTS.
Dodd, George H., 54 Marshall street, clerk.
Dusseault, John H., 21 Mills street, ornamental carver.
Edwards, Edward H., 10 James street, chiropodist.
Flint, Arthur B., 22 Mills street, clerk.
Foster, George W., 7 Evergreen avenue, real estate agjent.
Frye, Charles H., 20 Mills street, machinist.
Gage, Charles A., 32 Marshall street, clerk.
Harris, Joseph, 158 Walnut street, bookkeeper.
Miller, Herbert E., 27 Howe street, confectioner.
Morrill, Frank A., 5 Bradley street, photographer and dry goods.
Peirce, Cyrus H., 75 Marshall street, jeweler.
Perkins, George W., 79 Derby street, steam engine builder.
Pillsbury, Ernest D., 16 Mills street, railway mail clerk.
Race, Hiram G., 41 Derby street, carpenter.
Sawin, JohnT., 19 Stickney avenue, milkman.
Scribner, John W., 86 Marshall street, shipper.
Sellon, Henry B., 9 Stickney avenue, janitor,
Simonds, Edwin N., 47 Jaques street, milk dealer.
Small, Josiah B., 225 Pearl street, dealer in agricultural implements.
Snow, Walter H., 42 Derby street, grocery and provision dealer.
Weeks, Edgar L., 14 Evergreen avenue, clerk.
White, Henry F., 18 Grant street, silver-plate worker.
Whitney, Ervin T., 179 School street, produce dealer.
WARD 3, PRECINCT 3.
Adams, Charles, 117 Highland avenue, machinist.
Bacon, Oliver, 19 Pembroke street, clerk.
Barker, James A., 140 School street, produce dealer.
Beals, Henry M., 384 Broadway, clerk.
Bragan, Lawrence A., 39 Montrose street, freight clerk.
Burrage, Henry G., 20 Dartmouth street, cashier.
Carroll, Joseph M., 63 Jaques street, shipping clerk.
Churchill, Algernon H., 10 Thurston street, superintendent.
Clarridge, George F., 186 School street, chemist.
Clement, Herman A., 10 Tennyson street, printer.
Curtis, Joseph, 8 Richdaie avenue, gas-fitter.
Gushing, Alonzo B., 3 Thurston street, drug clerk.
Dalton, Charles X., 99 Highland avenue, optical instrument maker.
Field, Orton D., 98 Jaques street, salesman.
Fisher, Arthur V., 62 Evergreen avenue, agent.
Fuller, Ormando H., 148 School street, clerk.
Gage, Burt O., 38 Dartmouth street, engineer.
Grimmons, Charles A., 72 Thurston street, salesman.
JURY LIST. 611
Hall, William F., 345 Broadway, accountant.
Hatch, Arthur W., 190 School street, grocer.
Hathaway, Henry C, X2 Pembroke street, painter.
Hill, Willard C, 106 Sycamore street, special agent.
Hilling, James F., i Essex street, clerk.
Holden, Frank S., 153 Central street, bookkeeper.
Hooper, Charles J., 49 Heath street, bookkeeper.
Hyde, George B., 51 Madison street, foreman.
Innes, Nelson J., 26 Richdale avenue, reporter.
Irish, Thaddeus P., 3 Dartmouth street, bookkeeper.
Jones, Harlan P., 83 Jaques street, cabinet maker.
Kaula, Matthew, 38 Richdale avenue, pressman.
Kennard, John F., 5 Dartmouth street, salesman.
Keyes, Charles A., 6 Adams street, produce dealer.
Kyle, Charles W., loi Jaques street, mason.
Littlefield, Samuel T., 321 Broadway, no occupation.
Lovejoy, Benjamin P., 141 Highland avenue, furnaces.
Lowell, James S., 52 Madison street, superintendent.
O'Brien, Daniel P., 36 Montrose street, porter.
Parks, States K., 3 Essex street, clerk.
Pickthall, Richard E., 182 Central street, clerk.
Powers, Luray C, 14 Moreland street, saw manufacturer.
Preble, Frederick A,, 55 Tennyson street, hides.
Rand, Fred C, 39 Madison street, carpenter.
Simes, Charles F., 53 Dartmouth street, superintendent.
Stacy, Albert C, 3 Montrose street, foreman printer.
Thomas, Penrose F., 396 Medford street, salesman.
Tower, Andrew, 186 School street, bookkeeper.
Townsend, True W., 17 Dartmouth street, real estate agent.
Vreeland, Edward B., 121 Central street, grain and coal dealer.
Whipple, William H., 87 Thurston street, commercial traveller.
Willey, Clarence H., 26 Dartmouth street, hay and grain dealer.
Willoughby, George T., iii Central street, carpenter.
WARD 3, PRECINCT 4.
Alley, Charles S,, 149 Hudson street, dealer building material.
Andersen, Henry, 80 Albion street, ship-chandler.
Armstrong, Thomas W., 39 Partridge avenue, sawyer.
Baldwin, Arthur C, 29 Albion street, clerk.
Barter, Gilmore T., 168 Albion street, butter dealer.
Belding, Oscar H., 62 Hudson street, carpenter.
Berry, Arthur W., 53 Hudson street, carpenter.
Brown, Charles E., 36 Albion street, carpenter.
612 ANNUAL REPORTS.
Carpenter, Lewis J., 3 Center street, metal spinner.
Clayton, Fred I., 454 Medford street, merchant tailor.
Coffin, Edward B., 94 Albion street, real estate and insurance agent
Dawson, Howard, d'j Albion street, clerk.
Elvedt, Mark J., 36 Ames street, salesman.
Fuller, George F., 492 Medford street, expressman.
Goddard, John J., 100 Central street, bookkeeper.
Gray, Henry, 65 Murdock street, teamster.
Griffiths, William F., 95 Vernon street, butter and eggs dealer.
Hale, C. Warner, 90 Central street, tailor.
Hands, Frederick W., 38 Albion street, watchmaker.
Higgins, Frederick W., 75 Hudson street, salesman.
Huse, George W. S., 19 Albion street, teamster.
Jones, Edward L., 50 Vernon street, clerk.
Jones, William P., 50 Vernon street, reporter.
Keeler, Charles W., 128 Central street, bookkeeper.
Little, John K., 93 Hudson street, bookkeeper.
Lorentzen, Henry, 18 Waldo street, lock expert.
McKenna, George F., 292 Lowell street, undertaker.
Miller, Charles N., Z"] Jenny Lind avenue, confectioner.
Pearson, Edwin H., 91 Jenny Lind avenue, engineer.
Peirce, Abner F., 26 Bartlett street, salesman.
Perry, William A., 56 Albion street, fireman (O. C. R. R.)
Porter, Frank E., 69 Partridge avenue, stenographer.
Pratt, Ransom D., 76 Albion street, adv. agent.
Prime, George W., 78 Partridge avenue, painter.
Richardson, Homer L., 88 Albion street, compositor.
Robie, Albert E., 56 Vernon street, clerk.
Sallaway, Thomas D., 51 Trull street, salesman.
Schepmoes, Joseph S., 44 Vernon street, printer.
Shaw, William H., 92 Central street, clerk.
Stacey, George W., 14 Albion street, clerk.
Sturtevant, Albert S., 31 Robinson street, baggage master.
Thacher, Cyrus, 15 Albion street, produce dealer.
Valentine, Edward K., 5 Miner street, clerk.
White, Joseph A., 150 Hudson street, carpenter.
Wilkins, George F., 98 Central street, freight forwarder.
Williams, Frank G., 37 Albion street, milk dealer.
Wilson, John R., 60 Albion street, carpenter.
WARD 4, PRECINCT i.
Ayer, Fred C, 160 Highland avenue, wood and lumber dealer.
Buckley, Patrick, 31 Porter street, furniture manufacturer.
JURY LIST. 615
Bullard, Charles H., 3 Park street, clerk.
Clark, Isaac H., 49 Brastow avenue, mechanical engineer.
Colby, Luther, 217 Beacon street, janitor.
David, James B., 78 Belmont street, no occupation
DeCoster, Verin, 43 Lowell street, salesman.
Egerton, Wales L., 61 Beach street, no occupation.
Gale, Charles, 10 Brastow avenue, cabinet maker.
Gibby, Robert H., Jr., 26 Mondamin court, coppersmith.
Good, Thomas, 30 Brastow avenue, salesman.
Gordon, George A., 54 Belmont street, agent.
Holt, Harry, 107 Porter street, carpenter.
Joy, Alden B., 20 Belmont street, carpenter.
Keating, Charles, 229 Summer street, compositor.
Lynch, James B., 571 Somerville avenue, boot and shoe maker.
McDermott, Daniel W., 590 Somerville avenue, painter.
Mongan, Manasses P., i Garden court, salesman.
O^Neil, Edward T., 20 Kent court, furniture polisher.
Peake, Benjamin W., 62 Central street, bookkeeper.
Peckham, George W., 17 Cambria street, real estate agent.
Pitman, Charles B., York terrace, civil engineer.
Prindle, James D., Jr., 179 Summer street, teacher of languages.
Proctor, Amos L., 54 Spring street, grocer.
Pushee, John C, 22 Harvard place, brush manufacturer.
Quinlan, John J., 607 Somerville avenue, trunk maker.
Robinson, Charles T., 21 Park street, brass finisher.
Spring, John C, 23 Craigie street, clerk.
Turner, Hiram, 16 Gibbens street, clerk.
Wall, William E., 14 Morgan street, grainer.
WARD 4, PRECINCT 2.
Bucknam, William E., 341 Beacon street, mason.
Bunten, Frederick R., 38 Cherry street, feather duster manufacturer.
Chase, George H., 45 Cherry street, clerk.
Crawford, J. Arthur, 19 Eastman place, carpenter.
Currier, James H., 9 Mossland street, manager.
Dawes, Henry L., 8 Ashland street, confectioner.
Finnon, James R., 36 Porter street, plumber.
Foster, Jacob, 25 Cherry street, no occupation.
Friend, Frederick W., 22 Hancock street, plasterer.
Hay ward, Waldo B., 21 Cherry street, clerk.
Hayward, Wales A., 21 Cherry street, no occupation.
Jones, Enoch B., 13 Hall street, painter.
Kendall, George F., 44 Cedar street, clerk.
614 ANNUAL REPORTS.
Lacy, Patrick, 63 Cherry street, mason.
Lakin, George W., 67 Cedar street, insurance agent.
Locke, John A., 78 Cedar street, carpenter.
Lomax, George H., 7 Miller street, real estate.
Lynch, William, 33 Cedar street, no occupation.
McDonald, William M., 70 Cedar street, wholesale beef dealer.
McFarland, Chester S., 21 Cedar street, commission merchant.
Mink, Louis, 85 Elm street, no occupation.
Nye, Thomas V. B., 51 Cedar street, bookkeeper.
Sherman, Thomas B., 65 Cedar street, no occupation.
Skelton, Barnett T., 5 Banks street, builder.
Story, Isaac M., 250 Summer street, civil engineer.
WARD 4, PRECINCT 3.
Arnold, William H., 249 Elm street, no occupation.
Baker, Osmon D., 33 Day street, travelling salesman.
Barker, William H., 367 Summer street, jeweler.
Bowers, Frank E., 57 Orchard street, milkman.
Bowers, Harrison G. O., 249 Elm street, no occupation.
Butters, Horace B., 20 St. James avenue, foreman.
Crowell, Thomas H., 24 Cottage avenue, machinist.
Cummings, Silas L., 251 Elm street, livery stable keeper.
Dupont, John B., 9 Whipple street, hardware dealer.
Dyer, Charles P., 14 Herbert street, salesman.
Ellis, Franklin E., 16 Day street, travelling salesman.
Felt, Irwin G., 62 Morrison street, wheelwright.
Flanders, Albert F., 16 Day street, manager.
Gilman, John W., 14 Clifton street, salesman.
Grant, Edwin T., 12 Medina building, Elm street, fruit dealer.
Haskell, Barnabas D., Jr., 19 Chester street, dry goods dealer.
Hazeltine, Channing, 88 Orchard street, real estate agent.
Kennedy, Clifton A., 425 Highland avenue, car conductor.
Lambert, John B., 21 Kidder avenue, salesman.
Leigh ton, John H., 14 St. James avenue, assistant superintendent.
Littlefield, George E., 16 Chester, bookseller.
McGrath, Philip J., 347 Elm street, manager.
McKee, Andrew H., 20 Cottage avenue, potter.
Miner, Robert A., 56 Chester street, no occupation.
Patch, Charles A., 12 Grove street, provision dealer.
Puffer, David, Jr., 24 Hall avenue, produce dealer.
Rhoades, Solomon, 410 Highland avenue, grocer.
Russell, Edward B., 19 Russell street, bookbinder.
Trefren, George W., Jr., 15 Morrison street, carpenter.
JURY LIST. 615
Vose, Charles H., 78 Morrison street, salesman.
White, Frederick A., 72 Dover street, shipper.
Wilkins, Samuel H., 103 Orchard street, beef dealer.
Wing, Lingan C, 104 Orchard street, machines.
Young, Joseph D., 7 Medina building, Elm street, gold and silver engraver.
WARD 4, PRECINCT 4.
Atwell, Horace F., 7 Newbury street, stove polish.
Balch, Frederick, 206 Holland street, carpenter.
Clark, Augustus O., 14 Kingston street, clerk.
Collieson, Samuel A., 46 Wallace street, leather.
Comee, Edgar F., 54 Chandler street, travelling salesman.
Conant, George H., 8 Park avenue, no occupation.
Cummings, George W., 51 Wallace street, driver.
Cummings, Guy P., 47 Wallace street, printer.
Dunning, George C, 86 Irving street, wood and coal dealer.
Earle, Charles A., 87 Irving street, boot and shoe dealer.
Eastman, James B., 38 Chandler street, grocery and provision dealer.
Fay, Henry C, Jr , 10 Wallace street, engraver.
Gaffney, William H., 13 Elmwood street, fish dealer.
Heald, W. Irving, 86 Chandler street, hardware dealer.
Hill, Alfred S., 124 Holland street, student.
Hunt-r, Clarence, 34 Newbury street, carpenter.
Ladd, Frank P., 5 Moore street, superlative food.
Libby, Frederick W., 46 Moore street, picture frame maker.
Merrill, Frank E., 47 Fairmount avenue, clerk.
Otis, Charles E., 1252 Broadway, carpenter.
Pierce, Granville T., 33C Dover street, gypsy moth exterminator.
Russell, Irving L., 1323 Broadway, farmer.
Sails, Edwin S., 77 Chandler street, travelling salesman.
Savage, William B., 25 Fairmount avenue, furniture dealer.
Smith, Elliott C, 25 Irving street, bookkeeper.
Snow, Winsor L., 42 Curtis street, hardware and plumber.
Stevens, John H., 11 Park avenue, carpenter and builder.
Terry, J. Frank, 380 Elm street, photo, finisher.
Thurston, Ira M., 37 Campbell park, bricklayer.
True, Harry A., 140 Holland street, real estate agent and asst. city assessor.
Young, David, 29 Endicott avenue, slater.
CITY GOVERNMENT AND OFFICERS
FOR 189^.
CITY GOVERNMENT AND OFFICERS FOR 189^.
MAYOR.
WILLIAM H. HODGKINS,
188 Central street.
BOARD OF ALDERMEN.
EDMUND S. SPARROW, President.
Ward One.
ISAIAH H. WILEY 54 Mt. Vernon street
WILFRED B. RICH 13 Franklin street
Ward Two.
FRED W. GILBERT loi School street
MELVILLE D. JONES SZ Walnut street
Ward Three.
CALVIN H. WHITNEY . . . . . 68 Gilman street
LEONARD B. CHANDLER .... 45 Jaques street
Ward Four.
EDMUND S. SPARROW 18 Meacham street
BENJAMIN J. DOWNS 5 Claremon street
CLERK.
GEORGE L VINCENT.
€20
ANNUAL REPORTS.
COMMON COUNCIL.
L. HERBERT HUNTLEY, President.
Ward One.
L. HERBERT HUNTLEY
ALBERT C. FAIRBANKS
JOSIAH N. PRATT .
F. DEWITT LAPHAM .
I Pearl street
91 Perkins street
33 Franklin street
3 Hathorn street
Ward Two.
FREDERICK W. PARKER ....
WILLIAM M. IRVING
GEORGE E. WHITAKER ....
ROBERT S. WRIGHT
Ward Three.
HERBERT L. CLARK
JAMES M. ANDREWS . .
JAMES G. HINCKLEY
ANDREW A. LAMONT
Ward Four.
WILLIAM H. BERRY
JOHN N. BALL
HOWARD D. MOORE
ELMER A. STEVENS
CLERK.
CHARLES S. ROBERTSON.
65 Boston street
82 Summer street
19 A Greenville street
1 1 Summit avenue
124 Sycamore street
172 Broadway
254 School Street
43 Heath street
39 Cherry street
690 Broadway
73 Curtis street
84 Morrison street
CITY GOVERNMENT AND OFFICERS FOR 1895. 621
JOINT STANDING COMMITTEES OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
Accounts. — Aldermen Chandler and Rich; Councilmen Pratt,
Whitaker and Stevens.
City Engineering. — Aldermen Gilbert and Sparrow; Councilmen
Fairbanks, Hinckley and Irving.
Claims. — His Honor, the Mayor, and Alderman Rich ; the President of
the Common Council, Councilmen Wright and Moore.
Finance. — His Honor, the Mayor, Aldermen Whitney and Jones ; the
President of the Common Council, Councilmen Fairbanks, Parker, Clark
and Moore.
Fire Department. — Aldermen Wiley and Sparrow; Councilmen
Berry, Huntley and Lamont.
Fuel and Street Lights. — Aldermen Chandler and Downs; Coun-
cilmen Hinckley, Wright and Lapham.
Highways. — Aldermen Gilbert and Whitney ; Councilmen Berry, Clark
and Lapham.
Legislative Matters. — His Honor, the Mayor, and Alderman Gil-
bert; the President of the Common Council, Councilmen Wright and Moore.
Ordinances. — Aldermen Rich and Chandler; Councilmen Hinckley,
Whitaker and Ball.
Printing. — Aldermen Rich and Downs ; Councilmen Ball, Irving and
Lamont.
Public Grounds. — Aldermen Jones and Wiley; Councilmen Fair-
banks, Stevens and Andrews.
Public Property. — Aldermen Sparrow and Chandler; Councilmen
Pratt, Parker and Andrews.
Soldiers' Relief. — Aldermen Jones and Chandler; Councilmen
Berry, Pratt and Andrews.
Water. — Aldermen Downs and Whitney; the President of the
Common Council, Councilmen Ball and Irving.
(39)
622 ANNUAL REPORTS.
STANDING COMMITTEES OF THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN.
Elections. — Aldermen Wiley, Chandler and Sparrow.
Enrolled Ordinances and Resolutions. — Aldermen Jones, Downs
and Wiley.
Licenses. — Aldermen Whitney, Downs and Jones.
Police. — Aldermen Wiley and Sparrow.
Sewers. — Aldermen Sparrow, Gilbert and Whitney.
State Aid. — Aldermen Downs, Gilbert, Whitney and Rich.
Special Building Permits. — Aldermen Gilbert and Wiley.
STANDING COMMITTEES OF THE COMMON COUNCIL.
Elections and Returns.' — Councilmen Parker, Lamont and Lapham.
Enrolled Ordinances and Resolutions. — Councilmen Clark,
Whitaker and Stevens.
CITY GOVERNMENT AND OFFICERS FOR 1895. 623
SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
WILLIAM H. HODGKINS, Mayor, Chairman, ex officio.
L. HERBERT HUNTLEY, President of the Common Council, ex officio,
(Term, three years.)
Ward One.
S. NEWTON CUTLER (elected 1894).
SANFORD HANSCOM, M. D. (elected 1893).
GEORGE S. POOLE ( elected 1892).
Ward Two.
THOMAS M. DURELL, M. D. (elected 1893 ).
ALVAH B. DEARBORN, M. D. (elected 1894).
HERBERT A. CHAPIN ( elected 1892).
Ward Three.
QUINCY E. DICKERMAN (elected 1892).
THOMAS S. WENTWORTH (elected 1893 ).
FRANK H. HARDISON (elected 1894).
Ward Four.
GILES W. BRYANT, M. D. (elected 1892).
MARTIN W. CARR (elected 1893).
GEORGE A. MILES, M. D. (elected 1894 ).
GORDON A. SOUTH WORTH, Superintendent and Secretary.
624 ANNUAL REPORTS.
ASSESSORS.
( Term, three years. )
BENJAMIN F. THOMPSON, Chairman ( term expires 1896)
SAMUEL T. RICHARDS (term expires 1898).
NATHAN H. REED (term expires 1897),
Clerk of Assessors, KL^Y.'KT B. FALES.
ASSISTANT ASSESSORS.
( Term, one year.)
Ward Onk.
FRED. B. CLAPP.
Ward Two.
CHARLES C. FARRINGTON.
Ward Three.
EDGAR T. MAYHEW.
Ward Four.
HARRY A. TRUE.
BOARD OF HEALTH.
( Term : City Physician, three years ; other members, two years. )
ALVANO T. NICKERSON, Chairman (term expires 1896).
ALVAH B. DEARBORN, M. D., City Physician ( term expires 1898).
ALLEN F. CARPENTER (term expires 1897).
Clerk, WILLIAM P. MITCHELL.
Inspector, CALEB A. PAGE.
Superintendent Collection of Ashes aud Offal, ROBERT DUDDY.
CITY GOVERNMENT AND OFFICERS FOR 1895. 625
OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
Office, Police Building, Bow Street.
WILLIAM H. HODGKINS, Mayor, Chairman, ex officio.
( Term, four years.)
EDWARD B. WEST, President (term expires 1899).
ALBERT W. EDMANDS (term expires 1897).
HERBERT E. MERRILL (term expires 1898 ).
EZRA D. SOUTHER (term expires 1896).
Agent, CHARLES C. FOLSOM.
Secretary, CORA F. LEWIS.
SOMERVILLE MYSTIC WATER BOARD.
Office, Prospect Street, corner Somerville Avenue.
( Term, three years. )
GEORGE D. WEMYSS, President (term expires 1897)
5 Austin Street.
GEORGE A. KIMBALL ( term expires 1898 ).
7 Munroe Street.
WILLIAM FRANKLIN HALL (term expires 1896).
345 Broadway.
NATHANIEL DENNETT, Supt. Water Works.
FRANK E. MERRILL, Clerk.
REGISTRARS OF VOTERS.
( Term : City Clerk, one year ; other members, three years.)
CROMWELL G. ROWELL, Chairman ( term expires 1897),
CHARLES P. LINCOLN (term expires 1898).
CHARLES E. PARKS (term expires 1896).
GEORGE I. VINCENT, City Clerk.
626 ANNUAL REPORTS.
TRUSTEES OF THE PUBLIC LIBRARY.
( Term, three years. )
CHARLES S. LINCOLN, Chairman ( term expires 1897).
CHARLES A. WEST ( term expires 1898 ).
JOHN B. VI ALL (term expires 1896).
J. HENRY FLITNER (term expires 1898).
CHRISTOPHER E. RYMES (term expires 1897).
ELIJAH C. CLARK (term expires 1898).
CHARLES H. BROWN (term expires 1897).
J. FRANK WELLINGTON (term expires 1896).
CHARLES W. SAWYER (term expires 1896).
JOHN S. YihXY.^, Librarian and Secretary.
CITY CLERK AND CLERK OF BOARD OF ALDERMEN.
GEORGE I. VINCENT.
CITY TREASURER AND COLLECTOR OF TAXES.
JOHN F. COLE.
MESSENGER TO CITY COUNCIL.
JAIRUS MANN.
CITY SOLICITOR.
SELWYN Z. BOWMAN.
CITY AUDITOR.
CHARLES S. ROBERTSON.
CITY ENGINEER.
HORACE L. EATON.
SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS
THOMAS H. FAMES.
CITY GOVERNMENT AND (OFFICERS FOR 1895. 627
INSPECTOR OF BUILDINGS AND SUPERINTENDENT OF
PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
THOMAS R. ROULSTONE.
CHIEF OF POLICE.
MELVILLE C. PARKHURST.
CHIEF ENGINEER OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
JAMES R. HOPKINS.
SUPERINTENDENT OF ELECTRIC LINES AND LIGHTS.
LEIGHTON W. MANNING.
CITY PHYSICIAN.
ALVAH B. DEARBORN, M; D.
INSPECTOR OF MILK AND VINEGAR.
THOMAS CUNNINGHAM.
INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS AND PROVISIONS.
THOMAS CUNNINGHAM.
SEALER OF ^VEIGHTS AND MEASURES.
AMMIEL COLMAN.
CLERK OF COMMITTEES.
WILLIAM P. MITCHELL.
628 ANNUAL REPORTS.
CLERK OF ASSESSORS.
ALBERT B. FALES.
Suitable Persons to Cause to be Properly Interred the Bodies of
Honorably Discharged Soldiers, Sailors, and Marines,
Under Chapter 395, Acts of i88g.
JESSE J. UNDERHILL.
JAMES F. DAVLIN.
CONSTABLES.
JAIRUS MANN. MELVILLE C. PARKHURST.
ROBERT R. PERRY. WILLIAM D. HAYDEN.
CHARLES C. FOLSOM. JOSEPH J. GILES.
EDWARD McGARR. DENNIS KELLEY.
CHRISTOPHER C. CAVANAGH CHARLES L. ELLIS.
EUGENE A. CARTER. CLARENCE TUCKER.
PATRICK J. GARVIN. GEORGE H. CARLETON.
JOHN B. McKENNA. JOSEPH W. CURRANT.
FENCE VIEWERS.
LAMBERT M. MAYNARD. AMMIEL COLMAN.
MEASURER OF WOOD AND BARK.
SAMUEL T. LITTLEFIELD.
MEASURERS OF GRAIN.
JOHN CRAIG.
ALBERT C. LYMAN.
PUBLIC WEIGHER IN CHARGE OF CITY SCALES, UNION
SQUARE.
FULTON O'BRION.
CITY GOVERXMEXT AXD OFFICERS FOR 1895.
629
JOHN CRAIG.
GEORGE K. WALCOTT.
CHARLES H. TUCKER.
GEORGE E. SLACK.
GEORGE E. NEWCOMB
AMMIEL COLMAN.
ROBERT A. YERXA.
WEIGHERS OF COAL.
D. WARNER DANFORTH.
THADDEUS HARRINGTON,
CLINTON E. SOMES.
EDWARD L. DUxNNING.
WILLIAM I. NEWCOMB.
SIDNEY E. HAYDEN.
IRWIN L. S-MITH.
^VEIGHERS OF BEEF.
D. WARNER DANFORTH. THADDEUS HARRINGTON,
CHARLES H. TUCKER.
FREDERICK A. CEILING.
CLARENCE EDW^ARDS.
GEORGE K. WALCOTT.
GEORGE E. SLACK.
CLINTON E. SOMES.
POLICE DEPARTMENT.
MELVILLE C.
ROBERT R. PERRY, Captain.
CHRIS. C. CAVANAGH, Sergt.
EUGENE A. CARTER, Sergt.
JOHN E. FULLER.
ALBION L. STAPLES.
JUDSON W. OLIVER.
GEORGE W. BEAN.
GEORGE L. SMITH.
EDW^ARD M. CARTER.
JOHN F. JOHNSON.
EDWARD E. HAMBLEN.
WOODMAN.
KEATING.
SMITH.
GAM.MON.
CHARLES E
ARTHUR E.
STEPHEN S
EUGENE H.
IRA S. CARLTON.
CHARLES W. STEVENS.
ULYSSES G. SKINNER.
JAMES J. POLLARD.
SAMUEL BURNS.
PARKHURST, Chief.
EDWARD McGARR, Sergt.
DENNIS KELLEY, Sergt.
PHINEAS W. SKINNER.
SAMUEL A. BROW^N.
JOHN HAFFORD.
GEORGE A. BODGE.
GEORGE H. CARLETON.
HUBERT H. MILLER.
FRANCIS A. PERKINS.
CHARLES S. THRASHER.
WILLIAM H. JOHNSTON.
JOHN G. KNIGHT.
THEODORE E. HERON.
JACOB W. SKINNER.
DAVID A. BOLTON.
JAMES M. HARMON.
MICHAEL T. KENNEDY.
EZRA A. DODGE.
DANIEL G. SIMONS.
FRED H. GOOGINS.
JOTHAM CHISHOLM.
MELVILLE C. PARKHURST, Lockup Keeper.
630 ANNUAL REPORTS.
MEETINGS.
BOARD OF ALDERMEN.
Second and fourth Wednesday evenings of each month.
COMMON COUNCIL.
Thursday evenings next following the second and fourth Wednesdays
of each month.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
Last Monday evening of each month.
INDEX.
Board of Health, report of ... .
City Clerk, report of .....
City Engineer, report of .
City Government, Committees and Officers for 1894
City Government, Committees and Officers for 1895
City Physician, report of .
City Solicitor, report of ... .
City Treasurer and Collector of Taxes, report of
Electric Lines, Superintendent of, report of
Engineer of the Pumping Station, report of,
Fire Department, Chief Engineer of, report of
Fire Department, Committee on, report of
Fuel and Street Lights, Committee on, report of
Highways, Committee on, report of .
Inspector of Buildings, report of
Inspector of Milk, report of . . .
Inspector of Animals and Provisions, report of
Jury List .......
Lights, Superintendent of, report of .
Mayor's Inaugural Address for 1894 .
Mayor's Inaugural Address for 1895 .
Meetings of the City Council and School Committee
Ordinances ......
Overseers of the Poor, report of
Public Buildings, Superintendent of, report of
Public Library, Trustees of, report of
Public Library, Librarian, report of .
Public Property, Committee on, report of .
School Committee, report of . . •
Schools, Superintendent of, report of.
Sealer of Weights and Measures, report of
Sewers, Committee on, report of
Somerville Mystic Water Board, report of
Water Works, Superintendent of, report of
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